script; libretto; scenario
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
study; research; investigation
making practical; making useful; implementing
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to feel; to sense; to experience
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
than; from; out of; except; but; more
patient's condition; pathology
control; management (e.g. of a business)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
transfer to a different hospital; hospital transfer
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
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!