convenient; handy; useful
relatively; comparatively
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
all; entire; whole; altogether
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to say; to be called; to do
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
emperor (of Japan); mikado
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
steel tower; electricity pylon; transmission tower
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san