cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
to approach; to draw near
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
young master; young gentleman
how; in what way; how about
how; in what way; how about; questionable
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to need; to demand; to take; to require
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
account book; register; ledger
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
meeting; greeting; welcome
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
genuine; authentic; true; pure
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
body; physical system; (the) person
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
strictly; severely; fully; closely; tightly
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
now; soon; already; yet; further; more