activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
recommendation; referral; endorsement
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
no!; no no!; no, not at all
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
charming; fascinating; attractive
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
although I say; although one might say; although called
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!