mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
trial; judgement; judgment
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
why; how; for what reason
color page (e.g. in a manga); colored page
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; even number; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
such ... as; or some such
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
one person; another name; nickname; alias