may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
to see through; to see the true nature of something
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
treatment as a guest; guest
having said that; on the other hand
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
place; situation; position; location
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
suffix for familiar person
headquarters; head office; main office
staying somewhere (overnight) due to circumstances
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently