matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
White Day (March 14); day for giving white chocolate and other presents to female coworkers and friends in return for gifts received on Valentine's day
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
at once; immediately; right now
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
(something) fickle; (something) very changeable