guide; tour guide; conductor; guidebook
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
coquettish voice; flirtatious voice
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket