class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
those (near the second person)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
assistance; backing; reinforcements
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to be silent; to say nothing
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
gesture; sign; hand signal
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
sharp (blade, image, mind, etc.); sharp; number sign; hash sign; mechanical pencil
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
the Japanese syllabary symbols
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
older brother and younger sister
adds force or indicates command
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just