honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
Japanese style; Nihon-shiki romanization (of Japanese)
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
how; in what way; how about
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
division of work; sharing out the work; splitting into groups (e.g. to search for someone); separating into parties
inside the House; inside the Diet; inside the hospital
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
don't you think?; indicates question
now; the present time; just now; another; more
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least