to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
sick; ill; ailing; (arch.) to hurt; (arch.) to ache
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to pull in (fish); to land
in that manner; like that
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured
big catch (fishing); good haul
Japanese ash; Manchurian ash
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
beginning of summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
all; the whole; on the whole; all in all; generally
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
intelligence or information network
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
abuse; curse; swearing; insult
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...