to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
adds force or indicates command
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
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)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to recall; to remember; to recollect
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
one thin flat object; one sheet
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
and; thereupon; because of that
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why