Japan's best; number one in Japan
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
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.
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
swim ring; swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; life preserver; lifesaver
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
Pegasus (star); Pegasus (winged horse in Greek mythology)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
time; hour; period; class
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
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
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up