today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
honorific/polite/humble prefix
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
village headman; village mayor
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to behave well (of a child)
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to bawl; to cry; to scream
two persons; two people; pair; couple
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
reality; actuality; hard fact
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do