to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to get dead drunk; to get blind drunk
Japanese person; Japanese people
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
outline; summary; argument
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
don't you think?; indicates question
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
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)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; longevity; long life
suffix for familiar person
pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
meaning; significance; sense
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)