light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
way of eating; how to eat
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
bungler; greenhorn; clumsy; poor hand
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
society; public; community; social studies
thereupon; therefore; because of that
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
Island; insula; island; islet
suffix for familiar person
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on