colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
future (usually near); prospects
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
H; h; indecent; lewd; (having) sex; nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
suffix for familiar person
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
late at night; deep in the night
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry