soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
summer vacation; summer holiday
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
autumn festival; fall festival; autumn matsuri
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
how; in what way; how about
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
shopping district; shopping street; downtown