how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
existence; possession; having; limited company
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to suit one's skin (of cosmetics); to agree with one's skin; to be compatible; to get along well; to be to one's liking
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
butter from cow's milk; storax (resin); styrax; toad venom
feeling; sense; impression
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
corona; coronavirus; COVID-19
how; in what way; how about; questionable
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
atelier; studio; workshop
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
inspection; audit; judgement; judgment
good family; respectable family; decent family
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
recommendation; referral; endorsement
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
tone (of voice); manner of talking
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
pupil; student; schoolchild
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
new student; freshman; first-year student
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
name; given name; first name
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)