new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to have come; to be here; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed