taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
question; inquiry; enquiry
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to stop walking; to pause
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion