near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
together; at the same time; same; identical
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
table of contents; contents
door; gate; opening; title page
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
until now; so far; up to the present
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to differ; to vary; to disagree
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and