I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to somebody's name
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
way of talking; speaking style
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
originally; by nature; from the start
to talk; to chat; to chatter
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
such; like that; that sort of; very
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
a little; a bit; slightly
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study