outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
company; corporation; workplace
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
vocational school; technical school
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears