senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
three; three years of age
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
clover (Trifolium repens); white clover; Dutch clover; clubs (card suit)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
every year; yearly; annually
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
stale; hackneyed; cliched
enlightenment; instruction
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
modesty; humility; being humble
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
shopping area within a train station
(department) store; (department) stores
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
near oneself; close to one; familiar
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest