to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
then; well; so; well then
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
existence; being; presence
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
founder; originator; pioneer
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
our country; our land; one's own country