that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
please (give me); please (do for me)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
hidden camera (for illegal and immoral purposes)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet