sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
beginning; outset; first; onset
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to be worried; to be troubled
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
Great Tokyo Air Raid (March 10, 1945)
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness