papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to feel; to sense; to experience
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
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
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
all; entire; whole; altogether
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence