language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
in one's own way or style
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
aptitude; aptness; suitability
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
in that way; thus; so; so?
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
honorific/polite/humble prefix
syringe; hypodermic needle; injector
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
while; even though; despite
to ask; to enquire; to query
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of