all; entire; whole; altogether
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
how; in what way; how about
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to get between; to be caught in
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
rakugan; dry confection of starch (e.g. rice, soy or barley flour) and sugar, mixed and pressed into a pattern; geese alighting
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
while; during; while; although; all; both
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays