to ascertain; to check; to make sure
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
manners; behavior; behaviour
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
heart attack; myocardial infarction
concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
contrived; false-sounding
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
master; teacher; stable master
directions; instructions; orders; command
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
program (e.g. TV); programme
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
omitted character; omitted letter
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
beginning; outset; first; onset
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
Ishikawa prefecture (Hokuriku area)
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)