please (give me); please (do for me)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
piece; fragment; one (object)
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
department store; department
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
living thing; living creature; animal; life
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
bento; Japanese box lunch
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
the way back; the way home; return trip
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
to be found; to be discovered
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to recall; to remember; to recollect
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance