water, power and heating cost; utility cost
saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
yen (currency of Japan); circle
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; refurbishment; makeover; alteration (e.g. of clothes); re-tailoring
open; spacious; extensive
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden