today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
exhilarated; all smiles; tickled pink; pleased as punch
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
going bye-byes; going beddy-byes; baby; childish person (esp. a young woman)
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid
caiman; cayman (crocodilian similar to an alligator)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
company president; manager; director
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
searching for someone; search for a missing person
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to be found; to be discovered
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite