that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to hit; to strike; to throw; to toss; to mix; to wear (sword, etc.)
100,000; hundred thousand
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
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.)
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question