guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
with these words; while saying
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
every person; each one; everybody
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
immediately; right away; on the spot
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
endless; boundless; everlasting
tension; mental strain; nervousness
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
myself; yourself; I; me; you
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to turn towards; to point
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
in that way; thus; so; so?
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
to look away; to avert one's eyes
serious; not joking; straight
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)