honorific/polite/humble prefix
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
confidentially; privately; off the record
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
bamboo tea spoon for making Japanese tea
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
to join; to piece together; to set (bones); to graft (onto a tree)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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 leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)