just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up; splurge; spending extravagantly (on); treating oneself (to)
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
extremely; terrifically; super
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
first and second; A and B; superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment
difficult to ...; hard to ...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
black-market dealings; underhand transactions; shady trading; secret dealings; secret arrangement
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
storehouse; warehouse; godown
scoundrel; rascal; villain
transactions; dealings; business
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic