difficult to ...; hard to ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
mid-year gift; summer gift
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
honorific/polite/humble prefix
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
you (plural); all of you; you all
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; flavour of ghee; (fig.) delicious taste; Buddha's gracious teachings
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
rather; sooner; preferably
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)