sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
woman; female; feminine gender
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
instead; but (on the other hand)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
adds force or indicates command
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
what time; (lit.) which hour
I see; that's right; indeed
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
settlement; solution; resolution
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
middle of the night; dead of night
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
together; at the same time; same; identical
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason