strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
don't you think?; indicates question
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
in that way; like that; that way
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
to jar; to creak; to grate
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
breathing of a sleeping person
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly