popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
flower shower; throwing flower petals over the bride and groom after exchanging of vows
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
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.
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
honorific/polite/humble prefix
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
man; male; masculine gender
two persons; two people; pair; couple
government; administration
by means of; due to; because of; according to
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
election; selection; choice
notice; notification; report; posting
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
system; institution; organization; organisation
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)