companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to feel; to sense; to experience
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
sorry; excuse me; thank you
really; truly; indeed; good grief
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
one night; all night; overnight; one evening