yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
person of refined tastes; sophisticated person; man of the world; understanding person; man about town
points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank)
nice; good; well-executed
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
name; given name; first name
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
that field; the authorities (esp. the police)
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
one digit; one column; the "ones" column
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
such; like that; that sort of; very
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
proponent; exponent; advocate