thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
beyond this point; from now on; after this
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
beginning; outset; first; onset
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
witnessing; observing; sighting
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
courtesy call; courtesy visit
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.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
advanced level; high grade; senior
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
order of chivalry; chivalric order
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death