is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
let's do it; I (we) are going to do it
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
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)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to change (one's clothes)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
starting (a machine, engine, etc.); starting (a project, plan, etc.); beginning; initiation
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
both (people); the two of them
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
great joy; delight; jubilation
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
proud; having a prominent nose
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
society; the world; the times
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
meaning; significance; sense