pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
third month of the lunar calendar; Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to complete decisively; to do to completion
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry