March; third month of the lunar calendar
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tōhoku earthquake; Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
and then; and so; and; so then
sorry; excuse me; thank you
leaving work (office, school) early
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
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
the "sa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (sa, shi, su, se, so)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
pardon me for leaving (first)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
hello; good day; good afternoon
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in