local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
squash (drink); squash (sport)
water of life; life-giving water; distilled liquor (brandy, whisky, etc.); spirits; (arch.) semen
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
drinking and eating too much
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
to thrust before; to thrust at
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
breath; breathing; tone; mood
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
not necessarily so; is not always true
instability; insecurity; crankiness
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
degassing; gas drainage; gas venting; letting off steam; letting out stress; letting out feelings