now; soon; already; yet; further; more
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
sphere; circle; range; category
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
educational institution; school; academy; campus
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
annual (plant); first-year student
personal (employee); employed; retained
landscape gardening; landscape architecture
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to entrust; to leave to a person
honorific/polite/humble prefix
garden watchman; garden keeper; guard of the inner garden
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
New Year's greetings or well-wishes offered by retainers to the Emperor
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that