indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
woman; female; feminine gender
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
time; hour; season; time of the year
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
employment (long term); hire
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to have meaning; to be meaningful
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to employ; to hire; to charter
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
such; this sort of; like this
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
although I say; although one might say; although called
until now; so far; up to the present
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
recommendation; referral; endorsement
such; like that; that sort of; very
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
good-for-nothing; worthless
having strings attached (of a loan, etc.); having conditions attached; having a string or cord attached (of a bag, clothing, etc.); something with a string attached; having a lover (of a woman); woman with a male lover
secrecy; highly classified information
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)