how; in what way; how about
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
had better ...; had better not ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to get angry; to snap
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
interruption; suspension; break
two persons; two people; pair; couple
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to face; to go towards; to head towards
TA-Q-BIN (express home delivery service provided by Yamato Transport)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
sender; consignor; remitter
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he