surname; family name; last name
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
Japanese amberjack (species of yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
senior master sergeant (JASDF)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
honorific/polite/humble prefix
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity