to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
older sister; elder sister
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
shopping; purchased goods
honorific/polite/humble prefix
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
frequency (of occurrence)
home area; home town; local
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
on rare occasions; once in a blue moon
a number so great it can never be counted to; 10^56 (or 10^64)
function; facility; faculty; feature
idle slumber; indolence; inactivity
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in