to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
relation; connection; affinity
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
how; in what way; how about
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
kitchen; financial situation
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
abundant harvest; bumper crop
feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
such ... as; or some such
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
historic; historical; traditional