what's the matter?; what's wrong?
eighth month of the lunar calendar
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
long ago; already; a long time ago
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to