inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
such; like that; that sort of; very
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
last night; yesterday evening
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
literally; to the letter; literal
highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging
last week; the week before
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
offender; criminal; culprit
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
street at night; making a night journey
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
filing a (criminal) complaint; reporting a crime
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...