rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
very careful; thoroughly prepared
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
reality; actuality; hard fact
had better ...; had better not ...
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
time; season; period; phase; stage
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
artificial flower; imitation flower; artificial flower making
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
feeling; sense; impression
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
no, not like that (but like this)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)