amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
cannot be compared with; no match for
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
establishment; settlement
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
time; season; period; phase; stage
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
meaning; significance; sense
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
because of; owing to; due to
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
chapter one; first chapter