to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to add (e.g. a postscript)
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
to show up; to appear; to turn up
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
stumbling; failure; misstep; setback
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
modern Japanese; current written style
ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave