hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
beginning; outset; first; onset
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
older sister; elder sister
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to be needed; to be wanted
flag; tag indicating a future role or status for a character in anime, games, etc. (e.g. death, love, survival)
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
story; tale; talk; discussion
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
backward somersault; back handspring; backflip
traditional Japanese dance
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at