happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
sorry; excuse me; thank you
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
honorific/polite/humble prefix
evening meal; dinner; supper
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria); black cod; Japanese bluefish; North Pacific bluefish; candlefish; sable
saikyo-yaki; fish slices pickled overnight in white miso, then grilled
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed