face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
please (give me); please (do for me)
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
police; police officer; police station
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
one room apartment; studio apartment
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities