Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
myself; yourself; I; me; you
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
senior high school; high school
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
first class plus; extra special
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
of no interest; not interested
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)