| acchi | that over there, that way (colloquial) |
| ame | rain cf. amazarashi being exposed to rain, without shelter ameagari after the rain |
| anata | you (polite) |
| ano | that, yonder |
| anta | you (very informal) |
| ao | blue, green |
| are | that over there |
| asa | a morning |
| ashi | a foot, a leg |
| ashita, asu | tomorrow |
| ato | behind, trace |
| baka | a fool, an idiot, a simpleton, asshole |
| boku | me (informal) |
| chi | (1) blood (2) a land, soil |
| chikara | power, force, energy |
| dare | who |
| dareka | somebody, anybody |
| doko | where |
| egao | a smile, a smiling face |
| emooshon | emotion |
| fuyu | winter |
| gekkou | moonlight |
| gogo | an afternoon |
| hana | (1) a flower cf. hanabira petals (2) a nose cf. hanauta humming, singing for fun |
| haru | spring |
| hate | the end, the periphery. Tamori(Dr.) hails from the Northern Sai-Hate, the remotest Northern island of Japan. |
| hi | a day |
| hibi | days |
| hikari | a light |
| hiru | daytime |
| hito | a person, man |
| hitori | one person, alone |
| ikari | anger |
| ima | now |
| inochi | life, soul |
| itsu | when |
| izuko,izuku | where (archaic, literary) |
| jinsei | a life, lifespan |
| kado | a corner |
| kage | a shadow, shade, a light |
| kageboushi | a shadow (of a person) |
| kane | a bell cf. kane-no ne a bell sound |
| kanshou | a sentiment |
| kao | a face |
| kareha | a falling/fallen leaf |
| kasa | an umbrella cf. biniirugasa 'a (disposable) vinyl umbrella' |
| kasuka | very weak, vague |
| kaze | wind |
| kemuri | smoke |
| kimi | you (informal) |
| kocchi | this side, this way (colloquial) |
| koe | a voice |
| koko | here |
| kokoro | mind, heart, soul |
| kono | this |
| kotae | an answer, a reply |
| koto | a fact, an event |
| kotoba | words, language, utterance |
| kuchibue | a whisle |
| kumo | a cloud, clouds cf. donten cloudy weather |
| kurashi | daily life, passing of a day, livelihood |
| kyou | today |
| ma | a short while, an interval; cf. ma-ni ma-ni every now and then during some time / here and there behind something |
| maboroshi | a phantom, a vision |
| machi | a city, a town, a street |
| mado | a window, pane; madowaku a window frame; madobe window side, at the window |
| mahiru | midday |
| me | an eye cf. mekakushi a blindfold mezame awakening, waking up manako eyeballs |
| mi | a body, flesh, self |
| michi | a road, a route |
| mizu | water cf. mizutamari a puddle |
| naka | inside, the inner part, the middle part |
| namida | tears |
| nani, nan | what |
| natsu | summer |
| negai | wish, desire |
| niji | a rainbow |
| niwaka | sudden |
| omoi | thought |
| omoide | memories |
| omokage | (past) images |
| ore | me (very informal) |
| oto | a sound |
| otoko | a man, male |
| roji | a back street |
| sasayaka | humble |
| se, senaka | the back |
| sekai | the world |
| shiawase | happiness |
| soko | there |
| sonna | such |
| sono | that |
| sora | the sky |
| sore | it, that |
| subete | all, the whole |
| sugata | a figure, shape |
| tabi | a journey |
| taiyou | the sun |
| tamashii | a soul, spirit |
| tashika | sure, certain, stable |
| te | a hand |
| tokei | a clock |
| toki | time |
| tooku | a distant place |
| tori | a bird toritachi birds |
| towa | eternal, eternity (literary) |
| tsuki | the moon |
| tsukikage | moonlight (literary) |
| uta | a song |
| wake | reason, cause |
| watashi | me (formal) |
| yami | darkness |
| yofuke | late night |
| yoru | a night |
| yozora | the night sky |
| yuki | snow |
| yume | a dream |
| afureru | afure= | to overflow, to be brim |
| akeru | ake= | to dawn |
| akirameru | akirame= | to give up for lost |
| aoi | ao=k | to be blue, green, unripe, immature |
| arawareru | araware= | to appear, to become visible |
| aru | a=tt | to exist, to have |
| aruku | aru=it | to walk |
| ashii | ashi=k | to be evil (literary) |
| awai | awa=k | to be vague |
| ayumu | ayu=nd | to walk, to step (literary) |
| chiru | chi=tt | to scatter (of flower petals etc.) to disperse, to disband |
| da | datt,dar,na,ja | to be (something/in a condition) |
| deau | dea=tt | to meet, to encounter |
| fukai | fuka=k | to be deep, to be profound |
| fuku | fu=it | to blow (of wind), to exhale, to blast |
| furitsumu | furitsu=nd | to fall and form a thick layer (of snow) |
| furu | fu=tt | (1) to rain, to snow (2) to shake, to wave |
| furueru | furue= | to tremble, to shake, to vibrate, to quiver |
| haseru | hase= | to drive (of dreams, imaginations etc.) (literary) |
| hashiru | hashi=tt | to run, to gallop |
| hibiku | hibi=it | to resonate, to resound |
| hirogaru | hiroga=tt | to spread, to be open and wide |
| ii | yo=k | to be good, Ok |
| ikinuku | ikinu=it | to live through, to survive |
| ikiru | iki= | to live |
| iru | i= | to be (somewhere), to exist |
| iu | i=tt | to say |
| kaeru | kae=tt | to return, to come home |
| kakeru | kake= | to bet |
| kanashii | kanashi=k | to be sad |
| kanjiru | kanji= | to feel |
| kieru | kie= | to vanish, to disappear, to become invisible |
| kiku | ki=it | to listen, to hear, to take heed, to ask |
| kurai | kura=k | to be dark |
| kureru | kure= | (1) to give [me] in =te kure an informal request form, please (2) to set (of the sun), to become dark, to get confused (in a set phrase: tohou-ni kureru) |
| kuroi | kuro=k | to be black |
| kuru | ki=, ko= | to come |
| kuruu | kuru=tt | to go mad, to lose one's normal state of mind, to get crazy |
| maichiru | maichi=tt | to dance and fall (of leaves and petals) |
| matsu | ma=tt | to wait |
| mau | ma=tt | to dance slowly but without stopping motion at least in one part of the body (literay) |
| meguru | megu=tt | to move around a cycle, to circulate (literary) |
| mieru | mie= | to be visible |
| miru | mi= | to see, to look |
| modoru | modo=tt | to go back, to restore one's earlier state |
| nagareru | nagare= | to stream, to flow, to shoot (of a star) |
| nai | na=k | to be missing, not to be/have, not |
| naku | na=it | to cry, to bark/to chirp/to meow etc. What's the English verb for electric wire densen making sound? |
| naru | na=tt | (1) to become (2) to sound |
| nemuru | nemu=tt | to sleep |
| nigeru | nige= | to flee, to run away |
| nigoru | nigo=tt | to become unclear, milky or muddy (of liquid) |
| nureru | nure= | to get wet |
| ochiru | ochi= | to drop, to fall |
| sabishii, samishii | sabishi=k | to be lonely |
| sagashidasu | sagashida=shit | to find out |
| saku | sa=it | to blossom |
| samayou | samayo=tt | to wander, to roam about |
| shinu | shi=nd | to die |
| shiru | shi=tt | to know, to come to know |
| subarashii | subarashi=k | to be wonderful, splendid |
| sugiru | sugi= | to pass, to be excessive as in aosugiru too blue |
| suru | si=, sa=, se= | to do |
| suteru | sute= | to throw away, to give away, to discard |
| tagiru | tagi=tt | to boil, to bubble |
| tatsu | ta=tt | to stand up, to set out |
| tobidasu | tobida=shit | to jump out, to stick out, to come out of the crowd |
| tobu | to=nd | to fly, to jump |
| tomaru | toma=tt | to stop, to stand, to halt cf. tachidomaru to pause, to come to a standstill |
| tomeru | tome= | to stop (something, somebody), to arrest motion |
| tooi | too=k | to be far away |
| utsu | u=tt | to beat |
| wakaru | waka=tt | to understand |
| waraeru | warae= | to be able to laugh or smile, to be enjoyable |
| warau | wara=tt | to laugh, to smile |
| waru | wa=tt | to break (as of glasses, jars, biscuits), to divide |
| wasureru | wasure= | to forget |
| yamu | ya=nd | to stop (of rain, snow, sound, music etc.) |
| yaru | ya=tt | to give away, to do, to perform, to achieve |
| yobu | yo=nd | to call, to summon |
| yuku, iku | i=tt | to go |
| yureru | yure= | to sway, to shake, to waver |
* The final u is dropped before a suffix beginning with a vowel. In addition, ts(u) become ch(i) before =i and t elsewhere while s(u) become sh(i) before =i.
| ikutabi | how often (literary) |
| itsudemo | at any time, always |
| mada | not yet, still |
| mama | as it is |
| mata | again |
| motto | more |
| mou | already |
| sayonara | good-bye |
For your personalized version of eastern youth glossary, here is an exhaustive list of the words that appear in the lyrics from 1995 onwards. Excluding function words.