to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
to be too numerous; to be too much
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
had better ...; had better not ...
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
flour; meal; powder; dust
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to be silent; to say nothing
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah