enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
nothing but; except; no more than
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
to make merry; to be festive
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
(picture) frame; architrave (of a door, window, etc.)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
in the future; another day; later
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
control; check; restraint; inhibition
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably