capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
had better ...; had better not ...
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to have an eye on; to zero in on
reason; cause; circumstances
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
along the road; along the way
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to breathe out; to exhale
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
agricultural community; farm village; rural
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
precious stone (esp. jade); egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
considerably; greatly; a lot
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)