expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
meeting; greeting; welcome
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
and yet; though; when; in spite of
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
imagination; supposition; guess
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to look at from a biased viewpoint; to look at with a prejudiced eye
world; society; people; the public
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
sympathy; compassion; pity
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
sentiment; sentimentality
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial