(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
day of month; counter for days
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
person who is ...; thing that is ...
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
to look forward to something
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
now; the present time; just now; another; more