set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
the place for; the time for; the level of
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
(another's) daughter; young lady (esp. of respectable upbringing)
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
front; frontage; facade; main
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.