to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
searching for someone; search for a missing person
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
very rich person; the super rich
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
brand items; brand-name goods
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost