favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to stay in one's heart; to be enduringly memorable; to be unforgettable
understood; I see; OK; present; here
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
production (e.g. play); direction
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
by myself; in person; by oneself
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to emphasize; to attach importance to
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say