thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
from now; from this moment; henceforth
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
medicine; medical science
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
Island; insula; island; islet
to name; to call; to christen; to term
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)