one or two; a few; small number
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
unpopular woman; woman who isn't well-liked by men
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
older employee who does not have much actual work
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to fall in love (with); to fall for; to be attracted (by); to be charmed (by); to forget oneself; to be entranced (by)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
street; quarter; district; area
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently