to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
first thing in the morning
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
primary school; elementary school; grade school
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
very rich person; the super rich
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
all; entire; whole; altogether
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
only; merely; just; at most; no more than