very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
home; household; family; hearth
letters-to-the-editor column; readers' section; space for correspondence, messages, etc.
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
about this time; about now
how; in what way; how about
don't you think?; indicates question
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?