picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
older sister; elder sister
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
future (usually near); prospects
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
ago; since; before; previous
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
until now; so far; up to the present
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
beginning; outset; first; onset
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
now; the present time; just now; another; more
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience