sorry; excuse me; thank you
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to be found; to be discovered
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; beautiful voice; woman with a beautiful voice
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
battle of wits; contest of wits
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
all one's wisdom; (lit.) bag (full) of wisdom; the brains (of a group); the smart one; fount of wisdom
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
yellow sand; yellow dust; loess; desert
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
nasal discharge; nasal mucus; snot; booger; bogey
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
hello; good day; good afternoon
suffix for familiar person
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
professor; teaching; instruction
how many years; how long; what year
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
... years old; age (of) ...
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
such; like that; that sort of
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
to pour (sake); to serve; to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise