secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
anything and everything; just about everything
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
discovery; detection; finding
unit of five (in tallies, etc.)
at that time; in those days
stealthily; secretly; in secret
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
such; like that; that sort of; very
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach