please (give me); please (do for me)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
mozuku (Cladosiphon okamuranus and Sphaerotrichia divaricata, types of edible seaweed)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
door; gate; opening; title page
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
research; study; investigation
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer