preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to keep away; to keep at a distance
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to squeeze out; to wring out
to talk; to chat; to chatter
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
to one's heart's content; as much as one likes; without reserve; freely; to the full
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
real thing; original; actual
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
suffix for familiar person
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
genuine article; real thing; real deal
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to hit hard; to strike hard
spare time; free time; leisure time
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)