bent back; hunchback; stoop
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
suffix for familiar person
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
really; truly; indeed; good grief
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
participation; joining; entry
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
name; given name; first name
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely