serious; severe; grave; acute
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
full dress; formal dress; uniform
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
manners; courtesy; etiquette
something like ...; something called ...
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
of course; certainly; naturally
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
how; in what way; how about
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
counter for drops of liquid
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
contract; compact; agreement
myself; yourself; I; me; you
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...