(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
allergy; aversion (to); strong distaste (for)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
the New Year begins; the New Year starts; to end (e.g. apprenticeship, service)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
story; tale; talk; discussion
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
arriving first; first to arrive; moving first
one person; another name; nickname; alias
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
one's own handwriting; autograph
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
coloured paper; colored paper