to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to drag around; to pull about; to lead around (by the nose)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
river; stream; River; the ... river
power plant; power station
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to fall flat; to fall face down
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
should; must; -able; probably; likely
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
than; from; out of; except; but; more
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
number one; first; best; most; game; round
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
meaningless; insignificance
rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently