seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
technique; art; skill; move
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
all; entire; whole; altogether
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
then; well; so; well then
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed