crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
outside of; not covered by
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to become better; to improve
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
function; facility; faculty; feature
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately