I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
public telephone; pay phone
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to have a talk; to tell a story
in the same way as; just like
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to turn towards; to point
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
meaning; significance; sense
such; like that; that sort of; very
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
after that; afterwards; thereafter
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university