producer (film, TV, etc.)
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
as a child; when one was a child
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to perform; to play; to act
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
writing; composition; essay; sentence
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance