light music; popular music
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
tsumugi; pongee; traditional rough-surfaced cloth woven from raw silk
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
to compete with; to vie for
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
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.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
how; in what way; how about
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
master; teacher; stable master
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
honorific/polite/humble prefix
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
author; writer; novelist; artist
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
imagination; supposition; guess
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")