monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
elder sister; effeminate man
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
one's family; family member
form; shape; figure; visage
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
such ... as; or some such
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine