thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
wait until you actually see it
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
badness; evilness; bad; evil
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to put one's heart into; to devote oneself to
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
by myself; in person; by oneself
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience