letter (of alphabet); character
agreement; stipulation; contract
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
alone; by oneself; on one's own
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
unforgettable; impossible to forget; lucidly remember
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
festival; feast; carnival
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap
great popularity; sensation; good reputation
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
unrequited love; illicit love; secret affections
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
society; the world; the times
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
master; teacher; stable master
together; mutually; fellow
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
alone; by oneself; on one's own
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
look!; there!; here!; that is