just now; a moment ago; this very minute
surname; family name; last name
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
living room (Western style); sitting room
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
(writing, painting) brush
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; observer; trading session (at an exchange)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
grandfather; male senior-citizen
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to become pale; to turn pale
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
storehouse; warehouse; godown
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of