to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
please (give me); please (do for me)
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
it's been a long time; long time no see
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
explanation; interpretation
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
when it becomes; when it comes to
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
Nagano (city, prefecture)
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
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