one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
older brother; elder brother
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
tool; implement; means; furniture
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
(United States of) America; USA
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
feeling; sense; impression
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
ninja implement (shuriken, etc.)
lottery; tombola; drawing
ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
chasing one another; playing tag
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to chase; to run after; to pursue