discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
sign; indication; omen; symptom
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
from now; from this moment; henceforth
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
... years old; age (of) ...
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
bento; Japanese box lunch
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah