pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
rice cake stuffed with sweet bean jam
honorific/polite/humble prefix
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
number one; first; best; most; game; round
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
how; in what way; how about
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
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
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
now; the present time; just now; another; more
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave