hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
father; dad; husband; you; he
wooden joints; paired karate kata; beltwork
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
to become better; to improve
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
at work; in the midst of work; working
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
you (plural); all of you; you all
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
difficult to ...; hard to ...