employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
with these words; while saying
single (room); room for one; private room (in a restaurant, etc.); private dining room; (toilet) stall
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 ...-ed; to be ...-ed
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; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
immediately; right away; on the spot
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
endless; boundless; everlasting
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
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; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
in that way; thus; so; the same; 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
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
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; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
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)
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)