one or two; a few; small number
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
home area; home town; local
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
while; during (the time when)
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
outsider; someone outside of a group
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to say; to be called; to do
divine spirit; spirit of the dead
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
twice; again; second time
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on