sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
doing whatever one pleases
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
bed of salted rice bran used for pickling
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
expression; presentation; representation; notation
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
until now; so far; up to the present
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift