to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
leadership; initiative; spearhead
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
vain person; ostentatious person; show-off
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
social networking service; SNS; social media
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
normal operation (of a train service, bus service, etc.); running normally; normal state of affairs; business as usual
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
please (give me); please (do for me)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
means; way; method; measure
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
bento; Japanese box lunch
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years