flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
freezing weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
sorry; excuse me; thank you
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
small change; coins; small sum of money
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
spread-out sail; full sail; (sailing) downwind
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa