recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
maid; helper; help; assistance
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
beginning of the game; kickoff; face-off
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
changing clothes; change of clothes
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
question; inquiry; enquiry
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
two persons; two people; pair; couple
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...