honorific/polite/humble prefix
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
story; tale; talk; discussion
that; the matter in question
serious; not joking; straight
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
person from the Kansai region
at least; at most; (even) just
suffix for familiar person
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
pull; patronage; tug; discount
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
look!; there!; here!; that is
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
retention; maintenance; preservation
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)