god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
lately; recently; nowadays
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
bags and purses (handbags)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
in succession; one by one
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
speaker; one who is skilled at speaking
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward