origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to be conspicuous; to stand out
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
how; in what way; how about
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home); home visit; house call
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
really; truly; indeed; good grief