topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
hot topic; talk of the town
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
again (and again); once again; yet again
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
grandfather; male senior-citizen
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
pleasure; delight; enjoyment
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to recall; to remember; to recollect
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
pedestrian mall; car-free mall; (lit.) pedestrian paradise
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash
mule (animal); mule (women's footwear); spinning mule; Compton's mule
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
carat; unit of weight for jewels and pearls, 200mg; karat (measure of purity of gold); carat