great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
hustle; working hard; doing with enthusiasm; showing eagerness; being full of vigour
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
adds force or indicates command
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
all countries; the whole world; universal; all nations
who's who; directory; social register
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
please (give me); please (do for me)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
now; the present time; just now; another; more
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
go on!; right!; here goes!
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
special; particular; peculiar; unique
metal plate; metallic plate
electricity; (electric) light
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading