soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
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
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
cooperation; collaboration
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
beyond this point; from now on; after this
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
man; male; masculine gender
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen