how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
goal (in soccer, hockey, etc.); basket (in basketball); finish line; finishing line; reaching the finish line; finishing (a race)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
base; basis; bedrock; platform
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
please (give me); please (do for me)
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to be silent; to say nothing
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to say; to be called; to do
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
municipal office; council; city hall
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
secretariat; executive office
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)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
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