to telephone; to make a phone call
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
river; stream; River; the ... river
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
to complain; to make a complaint
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
nothing but; none other than
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo