guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
admission; joining; enrollment; enrolment
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
the other day; a few days ago
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
confections; sweets; candy; cake
knowing; (an) acquaintance
don't you think?; indicates question
shopping; purchased goods
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
to become empty; to be emptied
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
every year; yearly; annually
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
alone; by oneself; on one's own
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
story; tale; talk; discussion
after that; afterwards; thereafter