to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
serious; not joking; straight
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
top notch; first rate; top-of-the-line; leading
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
student (esp. a university student)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to give something weight; to give something dignity
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded