near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
long holiday (esp. Golden Week in late April and early May)
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to tower over the surroundings
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
light from outside; natural light
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding