place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
(Edo-period) town magistrate
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to be; to exist; (arch.) to come; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to be (somewhere)
concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
searching for someone; search for a missing person
last night; yesterday evening
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
(another's) daughter; young lady
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
girl; lass; young thing; chick
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that