area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
time; hour; period; class
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
packing; packaging; face mask; face pack; puck
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
late at night; at a late hour
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
in that way; thus; so; so?
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
fifth day of the month; five days
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
being open but having virtually no business