important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
torii; Shinto shrine archway
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
outsider; someone outside of a group
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
way of speaking; intimation
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago