to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
short distance; close range
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
coinage; invention of a new word; coined word
to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
highly unpredictable; touch and go
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to stand on a podium; to teach; to be a teacher
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
telephone call; telephone (device)
(religious) faith; belief; creed
officiating (a ceremony); presiding (over a service)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
(depending on) how; (depending on) what; nature (of); what is ...?; how is ...?; what will be ...?
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.); days and hours
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)