to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
group; party; team; squad; section
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
club activities; extracurricular activities
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
apartment building; housing complex
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
constructing and selling a ready-built house
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
library (usu. single-room); small library
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
collection of books; (personal) library
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
study; diligence; discount; reduction
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
older brother; elder brother
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
such; like that; that sort of; very
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer