somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
just a minute; small quantity
please (give me); please (do for me)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
how; in what way; how about; questionable
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
later on; eventually; afterwards
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
woman; female; feminine gender
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
family; members of a family
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
in this way; thus; such; uh...
primary school; elementary school; grade school