-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
until now; so far; up to the present
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
every month; each month; monthly
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
anything and everything; just about everything
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)