to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
large tree; big tree; huge tree
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
member (esp. of a criminal organization); gang member; gangster; yakuza; crime syndicate member
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
tradition; legend; folklore
misfortune; bad luck; unlucky year; critical year; (arch.) smallpox
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
honorific/polite/humble prefix
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
tattoo artist; tattooist; engraver; carver; sculptor
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability