abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
to go past; to pass; to pass by
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
stairs; stairway; staircase
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
bento; Japanese box lunch
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
rattan; (rattan) cane (e.g. used in wicker furniture)
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to examine someone's expression
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
light (e.g. colour, color)
dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)
to rock; to shake; to swing
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
form; shape; figure; visage
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
quite; utterly; really; completely
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
in that way; thus; so; so?
and; thereupon; because of that
honorific/polite/humble prefix
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)