distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
suffix for familiar person
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
such; like that; that sort of; very
meaning; significance; sense
such ... as; or some such
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
monthly publication; monthly issue
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to look forward to something
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count