| Japanese | Reading | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
あいかわらず | as ever, as usual, the same | |
あいまい | vague, ambiguous | |
あかんぼう | baby | |
あきれる | to be amazed, to be shocked | |
あくび | yawn | |
あたりまえ | usual, common, ordinary | |
あちらこちら | here and there | |
あてはまる | to be applicable, to come under (a category), to fulfill | |
あてはめる | to apply, to adapt | |
あふれる | to flood, to overflow, to brim over | |
あぶる | to scorch | |
あらすじ | outline, summary | |
あれこれ | one thing or another, this and that, this or that | |
あわただしい | busy, hurried, confused, flurried | |
あわてる | to become confused | |
いきなり | (uk) abruptly, suddenly, all of a sudden, without warning | |
いちいち | one by one, separately | |
いってまいります | good bye, I'm leaving | |
いってらっしゃい | have a good day, take care | |
いつのまにか | before one knows, unnoticed, unawares | |
いよいよ | more and more, all the more, increasingly, at last, beyond doubt | |
うっかり | carelessly, thoughtlessly, inadvertently | |
うどん | noodles (Japanese) | |
うろうろ | loiteringly, aimless wandering | |
うんと | a great deal, very much | |
ええと | let me see, well, er.... | |
おおざっぱ | rough (not precise), broad, sketchy | |
おかけください | please take a seat | |
おかげさまで | Thanks to god, thanks to you | |
おかず | side dish, accompaniment for rice dishes | |
おきのどくに | my condolences | |
おくさん | (hon) wife, your wife, madam | |
おげんきで | take care, goodbye | |
おさきに | before, ahead, previously | |
おしゃれ | smartly dressed, someone smartly dressed, fashion-conscious | |
おじゃまします | Excuse me for disturbing you | |
おだいじに | Take care of yourself | |
おととい | day before yesterday | |
おととし | year before last | |
おとなしい | obedient, docile, quiet | |
おどかす | to threaten, to coerce | |
おねがいします | please | |
おはよう | (abbr) Good morning | |
おまたせしました | Sorry to have kept you waiting | |
おまちください | Please wait a moment | |
おまちどおさま | Sorry to have kept you waiting | |
おめでたい | happy event, matter for congratulation, auspicious event, pregnancy | |
おやすみ | (1) holiday, absence, rest, (2) (exp) Good night | |
おやつ | (1) between meal snack, afternoon refreshment | |
かしこまりました | certainly! | |
かじる | to chew, to bite (at), to gnaw, to nibble | |
かゆい | itchy, itching | |
からかう | to ridicule, to tease, to banter with, to make fun of | |
かるた | (n) playing cards (pt: carta) | |
かわいがる | to love, to be affectionate | |
きっかけ | chance, start, cue, excuse | |
ぎっしり | tightly, fully | |
くしゃみ | sneeze | |
くたびれる | to get tired, to wear out | |
くだらない | good-for-nothing, stupid, trivial, worthless | |
くっつく | to adhere to, to keep close to | |
くっつける | to attach | |
くどい | verbose, importunate, heavy (taste) | |
くるむ | to be engulfed in, to be enveloped by, to wrap up | |
くれぐれも | repeatedly, sincerely, earnestly | |
けれど/けれども | but, however | |
こしらえる | to make, to manufacture | |
こちらこそ | it is I who should say so | |
こっそり | stealthily, secretly | |
こないだ | the other day, lately, recently | |
こぼす | to spill | |
こぼれる | to overflow, to spill | |
こらえる | to bear, to stand, to endure, to put up with | |
こんばんは | good evening | |
ごくろうさま | Thank you very much for your.... | |
ごぞんじですか | do you know? | |
ごちそうさま | feast | |
ごめんください | May I come in? | |
さきおととい | two days before yesterday | |
さっさと | quickly | |
さようなら | good-bye | |
さわやか | fresh, refreshing, invigorating | |
しあさって | two days after tomorrow | |
しいんとする | silent (as the grave), (deathly) quiet | |
しっぽ | tail (animal) | |
しつこい | insistent, obstinate | |
しびれる | to become numb, to go to sleep (i.e., a limb) | |
しぼむ | to wither, to fade (away), to shrivel, to wilt | |
しみじみ | keenly, deeply, heartily | |
しゃがむ | to squat | |
しゃっくり | hiccough, hiccup | |
しゃぶる | to suck, to chew | |
しょうがない | (it's) no use, impossible, inevitable | |
じゃんけん | (n) rock-scissors-paper game | |
じゅうたん | carpet | |
すくなくとも | at least | |
すっきり | shapely, clear, neat | |
すっぱい | sour, acid | |
すまない | sorry (phrase) | |
すれちがう | to pass by one another, to disagree |