essential; important; crucial; vital; main
honorific/polite/humble prefix
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
beginning; outset; first; onset
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
why; how; for what reason
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
how; in what way; how about; questionable
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
footwear; footgear; shoes
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
such; this sort of; like this
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)