honorific/polite/humble prefix
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
encouragement; incentive; stimulus
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
manners; etiquette; polite behaviour
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
little by little; bit by bit
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
failure; mistake; blunder
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
reading aloud; reading (a kanji) by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone