each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
close; intimate; on good terms
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
(arch.) clearly; (arch.) brightly; cleanly; purely
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
boiled octopus; person as red as a lobster
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
something; some kind of; for some reason
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
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
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally