easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
in that way; thus; so; so?
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
please (give me); please (do for me)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise