to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
January; first month of the lunar calendar
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
the other day; a few days ago
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
alliance and rupture; meeting and parting
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
car (running) on the opposite lane; oncoming car
as if nothing had happened
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
meaning; significance; sense
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
guess; conjecture; surmise
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely