hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
river; stream; River; the ... river
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
official name; formal name
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
god of thunder; Raijin (god of thunder)
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
establishment; foundation
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)