to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
how; in what way; how about
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
all; entire; whole; altogether
because of; owing to; due to
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
to face; to go towards; to head towards
hot and humid; muggy; sultry
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
if it is (the case that ...)
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
cannot help (feeling); unbearably; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
such; this sort of; like this
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
in the end; at the end of the day
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
ground beetle; carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae); Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)
such ... as; or some such
low intelligence; low IQ; feeble-mindedness; unintelligent person; person with a low IQ
virginity (of a male); (male) virgin; (Catholic) nun; sister
stupid brat; son of a bitch
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that