noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
hello; good day; good afternoon
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
due form; official; formality
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?