boy; son; baby boy; young man
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
too (much); overly; excessively
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
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)
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
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
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
one's only good clothes (suit, dress, etc.); one's only suit of clothes; one's best clothes; one's Sunday best
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
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 change completely; to change suddenly
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
Akaihane (fund-raising organisation for welfare services); Red Feather
thereupon; shortly thereafter
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)