everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
influence; clout; leverage
helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
reaction; response; reaction
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to be found; to be discovered
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
sorry; excuse me; thank you
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
nasal hair; nose hair; being infatuated with women; fool
Degawa Tetsurou (1964.2.13-)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying