seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
fresh, young ears of rice
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
knit; knitted fabric; knitted garments; nit (unit of surface brightness equal to 1 candela per square meter)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to save; to leave over; to spare
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
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)
Japanese person; Japanese people
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
foreign; abroad; overseas
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that