to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
matcha; powdered green tea
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
due form; official; formality
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
changing one's dress (e.g. at the wedding reception)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
group action; collective behavior; collective behaviour; acting as a group
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
submersion; inundation; being flooded
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
good luck to come (omikuji fortune-telling result); future good luck
terrible luck; very bad luck
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding