may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
such; this sort of; like this
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
answering machine; answerphone
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
cannot be helped; unavoidable
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
ancient writing (Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period); Chinese character script used before the Qin period
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
while; during; while; although; all; both
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
senior high school student
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
replication (of an experiment); verification (of experimental results); reproduction; supplementary examination; makeup exam
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not