pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
shouts used when viewing fireworks (from names of Edo-period fireworks vendors)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
happy memory; sweet memory
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
(some) more; even more; longer; further
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
arm; skill; efforts; ability
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
originally; by nature; from the start
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
seventh month of the lunar calendar
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device