be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
name; given name; first name
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
suffix for familiar person
sorry; excuse me; thank you
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
serious; not joking; straight
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
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
snack; light meal; snack bar (usu. an establishment that serves alcohol); snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat