longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
word; term; language; speech
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
management studies; business administration (study of)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
such; like that; that sort of
strict; formal; strait-laced; stuffy; prudish; serious
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
of (indicates possessive)
doing ...; in the process of ...
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
theme; subject; motif; theme for the Imperial New Year's Poetry Contest
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
fluent (in a language); flowing
speaking with a trill; rolling one's r's
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
pronunciation; production of sound
meaning; significance; sense
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
globe-trotting; traveling (around) the world