flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
meal; Emperor's meal; meal of a noble; high-quality (of a food or drink); premium
two persons; two people; pair; couple
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
pupil; student; schoolchild
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
rolled Japanese-style omelette
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
sorry; excuse me; thank you
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
spring water; clear (pure) water
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
spread-out sail; full sail; (sailing) downwind
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
chit; sales slip; voucher