being on duty; person on duty
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to make one's rounds; to patrol
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
the other day; a few days ago
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire
Buddhist name; priest's name (on entering the priesthood); posthumous Buddhist name
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
number one; first; best; most; game; round