to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
informer; informant; betrayer; snitch
unidentifiable; unidentified
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
testimony; (verbal) evidence
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
simply; merely; only; solely
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
myself; yourself; I; me; you
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
that's the way it is; such is life
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
country living; life in the country; country life
father; dad; husband; you; he
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
police officer; policeman; policewoman
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)