preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
two persons; two people; pair; couple
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
home area; home town; local
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
dormitory leader; dormitory superintendent
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to watch over; to watch attentively
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
duty; obligation; responsibility
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
myself; yourself; I; me; you
consequence; outcome; result; blame
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover