to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
second day of the month; two days
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
personality assessment; personality analysis
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
classification; categorization; sorting
such; like that; that sort of; very
everyday life; daily life
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
that is to say; so that means
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)