shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement