I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
high praise; great admiration; with critical acclaim; to rave reviews; currently; presently
fork; junction; diverging point; turning point (e.g. in one's life); crossroads
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
both (people); the two of them
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; inexperienced (in love); innocent; birth-
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
game arcade; video arcade
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
then; well; so; well then
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
photo booth that prints out cards and stickers of the resulting photograph, which are then traded among friends
pleasant feeling; good vibes
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
one more time; once more; once again
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
yosakoi; dance originating in Kōchi Prefecture using naruko
nothing but; except; no more than
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to gather; to collect; to assemble
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent