grandfather; male senior-citizen
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
approximation; having a close resemblance
suffix for familiar person
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
honorific/polite/humble prefix
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
how; in what way; how about