nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear
kind (of goods); brand; (taxonomical) form; breed; cultivar
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
name; given name; first name
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
primary school; elementary school; grade school
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
senior high school student
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
I don't want to boast but
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
as a child; when one was a child
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself