comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
(police) detective; criminal matter
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
program (e.g. TV); programme
appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
heart attack; myocardial infarction
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
lyric writer; lyricist; songwriter
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed