endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
serious; not joking; straight
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)
seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop