(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
Meguro City (special ward of Tokyo); Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
now; the present time; just now; another; more
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
operational unit; supervisory department; control division
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
it's been a long time; long time no see
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
estimate (of costs); budget
yen (currency of Japan); circle
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop