Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
proposal; proposition; suggestion
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
highlighter; highlighter pen
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
cap (headwear); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
rather; sooner; preferably
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
so; like this; in this way
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage