to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
senior high school; high school
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
physical education; PE; gym (class)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
admission based on recommendation; enrolment by recommendation (enrollment)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
construction; establishment