making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
comparatively; relatively
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
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
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
real estate agent; realtor
name; given name; first name
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
middle of the night; dead of night
binding hand and foot; sleep paralysis; temporary feeling of paralysis; being tied down with money
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to move (house); to change residence
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
place; position; location; position; standing; status
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
such; this sort of; like this