ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
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.)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
sorry; excuse me; thank you
in this way; thus; such; uh...
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
such; this sort of; like this
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
finish; finishing; finishing touches
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
applying to enter more than one school
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation