to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
emphatic verbal prefix; humble verbal prefix
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
guardhouse (Edo-period city)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to be found; to be discovered
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to complain; to make a complaint
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
winnow; winnowing basket; winnowing fan
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest