-- honorific expression for いく, くる, and いる --

to visit

(respectful) to be

(someone else's) child (polite)

(someone else's) house; home -- polite word for 家 (いえ) --

calling on someone who is ill, enquiry

-- extra-modest expression for いる --

rich person

honorable ~

-- humble expression for あげる --

wife (humble)

(humble) (polite) seeing, look at

to be visible; -- polite verb meaning 来る (くる) --

-- extra-modest (humble) expression for 言う (いう) --

-- extra-modest expression for たべる and のむ; humble expression for もらう --

~ age; period

infant

husband

(one's own) wife

(female) nurse

child

woman

grandfather

man; male

to lead, to take (a person)

papa, daddy

(humble) son

appearance, manner, shape, form, posture

to apologize

yes (informal), all right (ok)

to get angry; to scold angrily

(informal) You (used by men towards women)

to scold

invitation

explanation

to inquire (same as 質問する)

to convey (a message); to tell, to report

to deliver (v.t.)

broadcasting

to praise; to say nice things

to welcome; to meet; to greet

arrangement, appointment, promise

a lie

reception(ist) desk

business meeting; conference

assembly hall or meeting place

economics, finance, economy

factory

goods

president of a company

suit

to pay

department (division) manager

to export

plans, arrangement, schedule

medical science

to carry out; to conduct (typically used in written language)

technique, technology, skill

to experience

study, research, investigation

a lecture

high school student

auditorium

thing(s), matter(s), fact

computer

examination

custom (in reference to culture)

elementary school

mathematics, arithmetic

college student, university student

geography

exhibition

entry to school or university

television or radio program

art gallery, art museum

culture

grammar

preparation of lessons (for class)

report

lost article, something forgotten

rooftop

a toy

mirror

wall

neighbourhood

lodging, boarding house

underwear

water service, water line

tatami mat (Japanese straw mat)

heating

glove(s)

doll, figure

drawer, drawing out

Japanese bedding, futon

America, U.S.A.

to drive

motorcycle (lit: auto-bi(ke))

gasoline, petrol

to go back and forth; to commute

express train or bus

suburb, outskirts

island

suitcase

the West, Western countries

tool, means

limited express train (faster than an express train)

vehicle

usually, or a train that stops at every station

harbor, port

a Japanese inn

to wake

hair

neck

injury (to animate object), hurt

back of the body

blood

hospitalization

sleeping in late

to sleep

throat

beard

to lose weight

(finger) ring

delicious; skillful; fortunate

cake

salad

jam

foodstuff, groceries

to soak, to moisten, to pickle

hamburger steak

miso, bean paste

to burn, to be roasted

to boil, to heat

to plant, to grow

season (in reference to weather)

cloud

small bird

sand

moon

zoo

cherry-blossom viewing

sun, sunshine, day

to start to rain

lake

forest

shallow, superficial

safety, security

very hard (as in "to work hard"), with utmost effort

strange; odd; funny

solid, hard, firm

simple

hard; rigorous; strict

thing, matter

lonely, lonesome

regret; regrettable

kindness

to become empty

wonderful

soft; soft hat; software

fairly well, to a large extent, considerably, pretty much

pleasure, joy

useless, no good, hopeless

if at all possible, as much as possible

enthusiasm

to grow cold, to cool down

necessary

deep, profound

inconvenience

serious

unreasonable, impossible

kind (person), gentle (person), easy (problem)

way, manner, kind

to rejoice, to be delighted, to be glad

to laugh, to smile

to be happy; to be glad

play

to move

to fall, to drop

a dance

to get down, to go; come down

to break, to be folded, to give in; to turn (a corner)

to (clean) tidy up (v.t.), to put away

to be crowded

to be broken, to break

to descend, to drop, to fall

to touch, to feel

to check; to look up; to inquire; to search

throw away (trash), dump, discard

to raise (v.t.); to bring up

to build

to catch, to arrest

to fish

to pass (by), to go through

to be fixed, to be repaired

to escape, to run away

to paint, to plaster

to pick up (something), to find

to go around

to be found (v.i.), to be discovered

to face, to go towards

to break

to start doing ~

to fit, to match

to gather

to collect, to gather (v.t.), to assemble

to take (an examination, interview, etc.); to receive

to send, to dispatch

change; balance of money returned to the purchaser

return, coming back

to win

to change (v.i.), to be transformed, to vary

to be decided

to compare

cause, origin, source

match, game, competition

address; place of residence

consent, acceptance

to finish, to end

approximately; in most cases; in general; to begin with (same as もともと)

to be continued

to stay (over night) (v.i.)

to correct (v.t.); to fix

to disappear, to get lost

to remain (v.i.), to be left

to increase, to multiply

to lose (a game) (v.i.), to be defeated

to return (v.i.); to come back

to cease, to stop

to part from, to separate

to mind, to care about, to be concerned about

spirit, mood

feeling, mood

interest (in something)

knowing, acquaintance

if I remember correctly; certain, definite

intention, plan

a dream

reason; explanation

the town of ~

rule, regulation

church

government worker, public servant

city

citizen

New Year, New Year's Day

politics, government

war

thief; burglar

like that

certainly, necessarily

never

the other day, recently

these days, nowadays

from now on, after this

beginning, first