cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
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
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
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
honorific/polite/humble prefix
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
solitude; loneliness; isolation
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...