oak tree; (arch.) imperial palace guard
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
two persons; two people; pair; couple
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
serious; not joking; straight
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
suffix for familiar person
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money