to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
smack in the middle; perfect strike; bull's eye; perfect (for something or someone); just right; just the way one likes it
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)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
just one person; only one
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
name; given name; first name
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making New-Year's decorations; (arch.) preparing fields; (arch.) farming
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
middle of the night; dead of night
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
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?
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
imagination; supposition; guess
while; during; while; although; all; both
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
to feel; to sense; to experience