cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
now; the present time; just now; another; more
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do