we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to pick up; to find; to gather
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
to have a talk; to tell a story
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
payment (taxes, fees, etc.); supply (of goods); delivery
fax; facsimile; fax machine
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
reopening; resumption; restarting
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
in order; sequential; seriatim
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
day on which the temperature rises above 30 degrees Celsius
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp