name; given name; first name
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
time; hour; period; class
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
to accept; to receive; to agree
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)