previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
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
suffix for familiar person
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors); bringing something up after the fact; revealing something afterwards; holding back until the last minute
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
honorific/polite/humble prefix
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
being ruined; being spoiled; coming to nothing; complete loss of face
now; the present time; just now; another; more
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block