development; exploitation
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
book; volume; this; present; main; head
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
process; course; mechanism
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
loveable; very likeable; like very much
as a child; when one was a child
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
almost every day; almost daily
by myself; in person; by oneself
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
sublime; noble; high-minded
very young; little; childish; immature
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth