dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
honorific/polite/humble prefix
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
how; in what way; how about
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
how; in what way; by what means
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she