pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
evening meal; dinner; supper
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
one's house; one's home; one's family
relatively; comparatively
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
feeling; sense; impression
ago; since; before; previous
it is not (like that) either
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
lately; recently; nowadays
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to happen to have on hand or in stock
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
annual (plant); first-year student
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness