very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
older sister; lass; young lady
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to drift together; to drift to the shore
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
then; well; so; well then
intersection on a go board; grid layout (e.g. of streets); grid pattern
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...