day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
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)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
river; stream; River; the ... river
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
information science; computer science
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
department (or school) of technology, engineering or science
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
father; dad; husband; you; he
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that