to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
good bye; I'm off; see you later
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
now; the present time; just now; another; more
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
it's not like; it isn't as if
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
price; cost; value; worth; value
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
in this way; thus; such; uh...
three times a day (of meals)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it