center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
small fraction; small proportion
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
help; assistance; service
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
just because; even if; even though
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
ceramics painting; porcelain painting; painting on china
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
(period of) a year; during an era
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous