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)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
one person; another name; nickname; alias
discovery; detection; finding
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
smallish; on the small side
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
annual (plant); first-year student
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to turn towards; to point
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce
perfect; complete; flawless
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
as (for); for; in the capacity of
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
to bungle; to make things awkward
honorific/polite/humble prefix
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
to be worried; to be troubled