to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
adds force or indicates command
long ago; already; a long time ago
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
pupil; student; schoolchild
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
(medical) doctor; physician
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
everything; anything; nothing
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
in the meanwhile; during the time
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
don't you think?; indicates question
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
special training; intensive training; crash course
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)