endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
... years old; age (of) ...
young motorcycle-riding delinquents; bōsōzoku
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
foreign; abroad; overseas
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
kiss; squeak (of a mouse); with a slurp
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
suffix for familiar person
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
company president; manager; director
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
contract; compact; agreement
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence