safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to be infected; to be contagious
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
so; like this; in this way
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)
suffix for familiar person
name; given name; first name
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
passing the winter; hibernation
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to look young; to seem young
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
really; truly; indeed; good grief
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
unsold items; leftovers; remainders; spinster; old maid
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up