lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to shake; to sway; to waver
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
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 represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
welcome!; nice to see you!
educational institution; school; academy; campus
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
two persons; two people; pair; couple
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
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to recall; to remember; to recollect
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
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.)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve