to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
thank you for your continued patronage
just a minute; small quantity
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
telephone call; telephone (device)
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
surely; certainly; without doubt
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
white stone; white (go pieces)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
clearly; distinctly; vividly
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
new graduate; recent graduate
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
enterprise; business; company; corporation
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
adds force or indicates command
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age