promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
magazine; journal; periodical
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
at that time; in those days
mid-stream; middle course; middle class
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
home; household; family; hearth
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
existence; being; presence
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
what do you want?; can I help you?
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
time; hour; period; class
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr