teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
two classes; double; two sets
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
for today; for the time being
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
please (give me); please (do for me)
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
last week; the week before
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
letter; missive; note; mail
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")