to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
dozens; scores of; decades
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
question and answer session
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
question; inquiry; enquiry
to throw at; to turn; to raise
to say; to be called; to do
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
accurate; correct; precise; exact
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
don't you think?; indicates question
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
settlement; solution; resolution
chief; main; principal; important
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
considerably; fairly; quite
one by one; one each; one at a time
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough