to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
physical condition; state of health
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
high rice field; very fertile rice field
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
please (give me); please (do for me)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
slight cold; bit of a cold; touch of a cold; lingering cold
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish