payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
establishment (of a business); founding
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
change (for a purchase); toilet splashback
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
how; in what way; how about
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
very; extremely; excessively
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to be needed; to be wanted
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)