to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
history of; experience of
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality