pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
the matter you have been talking about
to have the memory of having done something oneself
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
a couple (of lovers, etc.)
notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard
chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board
talk about divorce or separation
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
existence; possession; having; limited company
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
story; tale; talk; discussion
original story; original version; this volume
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to turn right; to turn to the right
club activities; extracurricular activities
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
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)