doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; proto-
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
then; and (then); in that case; if so
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
box of sweets (usu. given as a gift)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
please (give me); please (do for me)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage