wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
now; the present time; just now; another; more
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
dry cough; hacking cough; intentional cough (e.g. to get someone's attention)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to be somewhat stylish; to be somewhat chic
pension (Western-style boarding house)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
scenic; beautiful; picturesque
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
hot spring water quality; spring quality; hot spring type
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise