request; favour (to ask); wish; please
sorry; excuse me; thank you
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
change (for a purchase); toilet splashback
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); gorgeous dinner; feast; excellent food
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
natural product; product of nature
the other day; lately; recently
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...