when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
trade; buying and selling
prohibition; inhibition; ban
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
just because; even if; even though
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
in that way; thus; so; so?
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
(another's) daughter; young lady
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
of course; certainly; naturally
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
this is why; this means; it is the case that