immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
two persons; two people; pair; couple
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell
totally willing; fully motivated
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
the way back; the way home; return trip
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
unexpected meeting; coincidence
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
school festival; campus festival
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
older sister; lass; young lady
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
even though; despite; when
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
party game in which a randomly selected king issues orders to other players
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
book; volume; this; present; main; head
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like