matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
production (e.g. play); direction
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
author; writer; novelist; artist
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
(skillfully) giving other participants in a variety TV show the chance to talk by asking them questions or calling them out
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
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to lose heart; to lose motivation
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
please (give me); please (do for me)
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
suffix for familiar person
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once