to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
father; dad; husband; you; he
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
(plain) hot water; boiled water
serious; not joking; straight
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
all; entire; whole; altogether
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
in this way; thus; such; uh...
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
such; like that; that sort of; very
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
and; thereupon; because of that
time to pay the piper; (lit.) time to pay the land tax (in kind)
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
senior high school; high school
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity