such; this sort of; like this
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
deep-frying; deep-fried food; abura-age; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
junior high school student; middle school pupil
suffix for familiar person
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality