older sister; lass; young lady
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
until now; so far; up to the present
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
now; the present time; just now; another; more
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
about; concerning; related to; -ish
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
superfine; extra-fine; extremely thin; extra-fine woollen yarn
Pocky (biscuit stick coated with chocolate, strawberry, etc.)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
pigtails; bunches; two ponytails; angel wings
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
flour; meal; powder; dust