collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
educational institution; school; academy; campus
one's possessions; ownership
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
material; substance; matter
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
all; entire; whole; altogether
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
ago; since; before; previous
convenient; handy; useful
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
both; both sides; both parties
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
thought; consideration; thinking
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to somebody's name (more polite than "-san")
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
originally; by nature; from the start
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor; medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
(present) head of a family