why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
boy; son; baby boy; young man
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
no!; no no!; no, not at all
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
bento; Japanese box lunch
honorific/polite/humble prefix
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
older sister; elder sister
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
surroundings; environs; circumference
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
world; society; people; the public
that's the way it is; such is life
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge