preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
alone; by oneself; on one's own
absurd; ridiculous; nonsense; excessive; extreme
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
adds force or indicates command
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
considerably; fairly; quite
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
two persons; two people; pair; couple
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and