fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about
clapper; noisemaker; bird rattle; naruko; wooden clapper (held in both hands and shaken)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
4th day of the month; four days
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
running the whole distance
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit