water's edge; beach; shore
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
life; living; I; me; student
unrequited love; one-sided love
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
honorific/polite/humble prefix
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not