confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to sleep all day; to idle away one's time; to loaf all day
manager; landlord; warden; root (user)
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
parting; separation; farewell
production (e.g. play); direction
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
excursion; field trip; school trip
application (of ointment, etc.)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
digital versatile disc; DVD
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
way of speaking; intimation
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
how; in what way; how about
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
ill will; malice; evil intent
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
innocence; being not guilty
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute