to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
that's the way it is; such is life
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
since when; from when; how long
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use