hug; carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.)
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
lifting (a child) high up in the air
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
licking; dead drunk; blind drunk
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
honorific/polite/humble prefix
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)