lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to tighten; to press hard
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
remembrance; recollection; recognition
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
living room (Western style); sitting room
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
to tower over the surroundings
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
wanderer; vagabond; capricious person; hobo
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
mess; jumble; muddle; chaos
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...