investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
police; police officer; police station
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
outside of; not covered by
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
adds force or indicates command
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
incident; affair; happening; event
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
verbal message; word (from someone)