to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to look forward to something
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to hand over; to surrender
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
tone (of voice); manner of talking
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
consequence; outcome; result; blame
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
forcibly; against one's will
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
naturally; of course; understandably
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
grasp; catch; understanding
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
Japan proper (sometimes excluding the Ryukyu islands and other remote islands); mainland Japan
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish