password; watchword; motto; slogan
distinction; differentiation; classification
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
beginning; outset; first; onset
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
welcome!; nice to see you!
one more time; once more; once again
rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass; cat teaser (cat toy); kitty teaser
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!