-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
originally; by nature; from the start
(not so) much; (not) very
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
in that way; thus; so; so?
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
waste of time; killing time
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to not take seriously; to take lightly
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise