speech; expression; wording; language
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
bento; Japanese box lunch
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
by myself; in person; by oneself
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
time; hour; period; class
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
then; well; so; well then
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
senior high school; high school
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
nature; disposition; quality; that which does not change according to external influences
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
myself; yourself; I; me; you
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
as a child; when one was a child
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
really; truly; indeed; good grief
(police) detective; criminal matter
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
field horsetail (Equisetum arvense); common horsetail
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
nothing but; except; no more than
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason