link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
opening (the doors of a venue); inauguration (of a new building, facility, etc.)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
two parts; two copies; the second part
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish