yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
but; however; provided that
person with an unhealthy romantic obsession
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
midfielder (soccer); medium frequency; MF; manual focus; microfinance
library; book collection; paperback book
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
main text; original text; this book; this volume
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
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.
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
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.)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
reality; actuality; hard fact
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is