cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
please (give me); please (do for me)
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
departure from a port; leaving port; setting sail
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to frolic about; to mess around
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to grow up; to become an adult
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
rather; sooner; preferably
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that