I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
booklet constituting an informal living will (containing wishes regarding one's hospitalization or funeral, and perhaps one's life story, messages to loved ones, etc.)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
protecting a rice field; watching over a field; person who watches over a rice field
Yoshinaga Sayuri (1945.3-)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
numbered ticket (e.g. to determine order of service in shop, etc.); zone ticket; boarding ticket; bus ticket dispensed at boarding, used to show where one boarded
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
every year; yearly; annually
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
piece; fragment; one (object)
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 wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)