to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
study; research; investigation
the place for; the time for; the level of
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
temporary retirement; suspension from office
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance