specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
nice; likeable; desirable
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)
student; follower; students and pupils
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
cannot be helped; unavoidable
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
in this way; thus; such; uh...
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
certainly; really; truly; possibly; maybe; perhaps
near; close by; within reach; familiar
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
by means of; due to; because of; according to
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
beginning; outset; first; onset
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
international; diplomatic intercourse
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
system; institution; organization; organisation
social; societal; societary
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation