to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
article; news story; report; account
stealthily; secretly; in secret
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
for example; for instance; e.g.
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
domestic wastewater; household effluent
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
to fail to die (e.g. after suicide attempt or accident); to survive; to outlive
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
relatively; comparatively
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse