to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
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)
with a bang; with a bam; with a wham
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
permission; approval; authorization; license
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
discovery; detection; finding
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
these guys; these fellows
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
two persons; two people; pair; couple
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch