girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to say; to be called; to do
the other day; a few days ago
planning; project; plan; design
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
don't you think?; indicates question
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
difficult to ...; hard to ...
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to attempt; to test; to try out
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case