mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
in that way; thus; so; so?
at that time; in those days
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
handsome man; actor in a love scene
actor; actress; player; performer
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to go along; to walk along; to follow
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to jump upon (a moving object)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?