to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
as one had hoped; as one wishes
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
theme; subject; motif; theme for the Imperial New Year's Poetry Contest
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
never mind!; don't worry about it
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
just the other day; quite recently
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
hostility; antagonism; opposition
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to pretend (e.g. to be a good father)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
student in a lower grade; underclassman
support; backing; patronage
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
tuna (Thunnus spp.; esp. the Pacific bluefin); dead fish (person who is unresponsive or passive during sex); starfish; body of a person struck by a train; person unconscious due to alcohol