to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
dirty things (dishes, laundry, etc.)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
after a long time; for the first time in a while
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to begin talking; to open up
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
to shout (in anger); to yell
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
as a child; when one was a child; childhood