if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
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.)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
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
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to watch what one says; to mind one's language
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
now; the present time; just now; another; more
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend); position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred; women's college
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work