father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to give a broad grin; to smirk
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
even if; even though; however; no matter how
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
older brother; elder brother
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
driving off birds; procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house; female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen; street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
and yet; though; when; in spite of
very young; little; childish; immature
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
to repeat; to do something over again
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing