rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
line; queue; procession; matrix
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
meaning; significance; sense
(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
instead; but (on the other hand)
to be kind to; to treat kindly
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to start; to begin; to commence
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together