country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
audience (with a person of high standing)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
proposal; proposition; suggestion
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to turn towards; to point
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to go out and away; to leave
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to breathe out; to exhale
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly