matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
and yet; though; when; in spite of
jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
on the least pretext; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance; at the drop of a hat
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
after a long time; for the first time in a while
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
quickly; swiftly; expeditiously; long ago; already
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
determination; resolution
that sort of; that kind of; that (over there); like that; in that way; so
electricity; (electric) light
bedside; near one's pillow
paper-enclosed standing lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an oil lamp; taxi roof light
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
existence; being; presence
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
only; merely; but; no more than
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
3rd day of the month; three days
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)