no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
coming and going; commuting
to employ; to hire; to charter
oddity; eccentricity; peculiarity
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
uniforms supplied to employees; an allotment
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
used article (esp. clothes)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
calm; composed; leisurely
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
88 years old; (arch.) rice
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
pronunciation; production of sound
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to become inverted; to become reversed
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
special envelope for monetary gifts
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
discovery; detection; finding
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that