(medical) doctor; physician
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to become better; to improve
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
than; from; out of; except; but; more
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that