flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
hey!; excuse me!; wait a moment
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
cold brew (coffee, tea, etc.); infusing in cold water
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
beginning; outset; first; onset
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
opening ceremony (of the school term)
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently