permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
strange; unexpected; (by) chance; unusual; curious
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to feel; to sense; to experience
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
etc.; et cetera; and so on
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
time; hour; period; class
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to speak; to say; to vocalize
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
it is I who should say so
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
in this way; thus; such; uh...