to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to increase; to add to; to augment
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
in that way; thus; so; so?
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
no!; no no!; no, not at all
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
wall with exposed timber pillars
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to