renewal; update; innovation; improvement
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
of course; certainly; naturally
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
as (for); for; in the capacity of
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
feeling; sense; impression
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
suffix for familiar person
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
chazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
to go out and away; to leave
official divorce registration papers
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass