minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
limousine (stretched car); shuttle bus (usu. to airport)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
suffix for familiar person
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
bento; Japanese box lunch
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
because of; owing to; due to
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to recall; to remember; to recollect
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
it is I who should say so
wet nurse; nursing mother
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
letter; missive; note; mail
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
honorific/polite/humble prefix
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
pupil; student; schoolchild
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
teacher employment examination
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
someone who studies very hard (at school); grind; swot; studying hard; cramming; swotting
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar