last night; yesterday evening
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
return to one's country; return to one's hometown
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
lottery; tombola; drawing
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
travel voucher; travel coupon
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
black beard; noh mask with a black beard and protruding chin
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
hey; yo; hi; yessir; understood
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
influence (on someone); inspiration
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
very interesting; of great interest
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life