wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to take; to catch; to capture
great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
greeting; a fine thing to say
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
failure; mistake; blunder
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
don't worry about it; forget about it