lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
seniority by length of service
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
instant; moment; for an instant
guardian; protector; patron; parent
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
failure; mistake; blunder
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
school building; schoolhouse
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
English conversation; school for English conversation
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to be worried; to be troubled
intimacy; affection; familiarity
example; exercise (for the reader)
anecdote; brief (comic) story
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
more than friends, less than lovers
Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; (lit.) herbivore
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
present; gift; to give a present or gift
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
woollen fabric; woollen cloth
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)