to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!
daily meals; three regular meals a day
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
evening meal; dinner; supper
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
children's story; fairy tale
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
that's the way it is; such is life
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
time; hour; season; time of the year
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
it is I who should say so
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)