childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
middle of the night; dead of night
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
face contorted and about to cry
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to pass (of time); to elapse
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
apartment with one bedroom and a kitchen
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable