to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to break on the shore and retreat (of a wave)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to repeat; to do something over again
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
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 persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
to make an appearance; to show up
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)