good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
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
life; living; I; me; student
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
study; diligence; discount; reduction
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
honorific/polite/humble prefix
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
together; at the same time; same; identical
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
suffix for familiar person
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
confections; sweets; candy; cake
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on