small quantity; little; little while; short distance
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
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
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
not yet known; unknown; strange
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to