head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
another showing (of a play); recapitulation
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
adds force or indicates command
audience; spectator; spectators
testimony; (verbal) evidence
by means of; due to; because of; according to
victim; injured party; sufferer
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
instant; moment; for an instant
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
in the meanwhile; during the time
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
witnessing; observing; sighting
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
in that way; thus; so; so?
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case