to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to be surprised; to be astonished
bento; Japanese box lunch
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
two persons; two people; pair; couple
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
meaning; significance; sense
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
suffix for familiar person
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
all; entire; whole; altogether
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
with this I (formal); by this I (formal)
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once