to be born; to come into the world
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
one day; (on) a certain day
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
novel; original; new; innovative
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
such; like that; that sort of; very
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
I see; that's right; indeed
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
while; even though; despite
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case