to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
understood; I see; OK; present; here
close; intimate; on good terms
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
due form; official; formality
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)