plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
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
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to be off-pitch; to be off-key; to be out of tune
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow