yen (currency of Japan); circle
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to have a talk; to tell a story
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
reinforced concrete; ferroconcrete
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
but; however; provided that
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
front; frontage; facade; main
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
nursery school; day nursery; day care center
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
to be erected; to be built
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
piano (instrument); piano (dynamic)
to join in a (musical) performance
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place