senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
journal; magazine; periodical
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
of no interest; not interested
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
so; like this; in this way
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to have a talented child despite being untalented; a black hen lays a white egg; (lit.) a kite gives birth to a hawk
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
serious; not joking; straight
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
please (give me); please (do for me)
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
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated