waiting; expectation; standby image (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
drinking bout; merrymaking
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
area including Nagoya and Kobe
please (give me); please (do for me)
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
this and that; such and such
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
no!; no no!; no, not at all
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
originally; by nature; from the start
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
addition; increase; Canada
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)