to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
as a child; when one was a child
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
village festival; autumn festival; harvest festival
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
singing and dancing; song and dance
perfect; complete; flawless
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
after that; afterwards; thereafter
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
just a minute; small quantity
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
anything and everything; just about everything