advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
writing vertically; vertical writing
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
difference; variation; difference
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
table of contents; contents
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
fish pen; holding pond; fish tank; live well; live-box
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
lightly and nimbly; with agility
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to jump upon (a moving object)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
the same night; that night
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very