serious; not joking; straight
welcome!; nice to see you!
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
by means of; due to; because of; according to
postscript; undermentioned; described below
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
honorific/polite/humble prefix
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.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial