iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
birth date; date of birth; DOB
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
beautiful woman; beauty; belle
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
writing (e.g. as a profession)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
head of the student council; president of the student council
close; intimate; on good terms
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal