honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
home area; home town; local
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)
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
decision; judgment; resolution
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
rosary; string of prayer beads
yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
banknote; bill; note; paper money
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular