new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
mail clerk; post-office clerk; post-office worker; postal employee; postal worker
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
company president; manager; director
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; brown eyes
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
reading aloud; reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
at work; in the midst of work; working
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause