high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
family; members of a family
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
excretion; discharge; excrement
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
weak matcha; light brown (color, colour)
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
holding something on one's palm or hand (esp. small animal or bird)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station