parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
as planned; according to plan
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
scheduled date; expected date; date a baby is due; expected delivery date; due date
everything; anything; nothing
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
threatening letter; intimidating letter
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
otherwise; or else; if not
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
paper plane; paper airplane; paper aeroplane
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
sorry; excuse me; thank you
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
business rival; professional jealousy
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...