headquarters; head office; main office
email; mail; post; message (in an instant messaging application); instant message; male
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
honorific/polite/humble prefix
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
how; in what way; how about
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
don't worry; no worries; never mind
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
surely; certainly; without doubt
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound