come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
freshman; newly hired career-track company employee
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
(company's) initiation or welcoming ceremony
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to recall; to remember; to recollect
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
new members of society (esp. after turning 20 or joining a company); new working adults
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
sorry; excuse me; thank you
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago