place; situation; position; location
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
scenery; scene; landscape
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
door; gate; opening; title page
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
reality; actuality; hard fact
to bring back; to restore
corridor; hallway; passageway
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
honorific/polite/humble prefix
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
great depth; bottomless; great height
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...