occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
letter; missive; note; mail
one's long-cherished desire
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
adds force or indicates command
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
Japan's best; number one in Japan
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
occasional; infrequent; rare
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
question; inquiry; enquiry
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
how many years; how long; what year
study; research; investigation
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's