lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
scene; spectacle; sight; view
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
function; facility; faculty; feature
regulation; adjustment; control
front; frontage; facade; main
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to breathe out; to exhale
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
study; research; investigation
leading person; foremost figure
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to recall; to remember; to recollect
while; during; while; although; all; both
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
sweet and sour; bittersweet
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour