prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
name; given name; first name
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
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.)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
disaster; calamity; misfortune
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
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 put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
nothing but; except; no more than
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
feeling; sense; impression
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
special; particular; peculiar; unique
having a strong alkaline taste; harsh to the taste; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
comparatively; relatively
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
pronunciation; production of sound
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
as (for); for; in the capacity of
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition