honorific/polite/humble prefix
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
in comparison to; rather than
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
I see; that's right; indeed
such; this sort of; like this
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
second day of the month; two days
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
article; news story; report; account
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
how; in what way; by what means
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
event; phenomenon; matter