opening; start; opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
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
head of the student council; president of the student council
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
president (of a society); chairman
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta; ditty; ballad; kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
adds force or indicates command
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh