lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
very big; very large; taking up a lot of space
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
after a long time; for the first time in a while
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
Tochigi (city, prefecture)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
hereabouts; around there; that area
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
function; facility; faculty; feature
in succession; one after another
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided