excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
previous engagement; prior contract
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
another time; some other time
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
sorry; excuse me; thank you
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she