personal; individual; private
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
when you really think about it; on reflection; in actual fact; once again (fashionable, popular, etc.); back (in style)
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible
morning; forenoon; just before noon
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
I'd be lying if I said ...
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
bento; Japanese box lunch
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to raise one's voice; to shout
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
school building; schoolhouse
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
reality; actuality; hard fact
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go