father; dad; husband; you; he
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
business; trade; operations; sales
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
pension; guesthouse; bed and breakfast; private home providing lodging for travelers (travellers)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
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 come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)