to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
inexperienced person; incompetent person; ignoramus
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to say; to be called; to do
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
marriage (of a woman); marrying into a husband's family; becoming a bride; wedding; wedding ceremony
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
bringing; taking; carrying
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
is something that; is that which
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand