simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
borrowing without returning
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
beauty treatment; cosmetology; beauty salon; beauty-treatment clinic
stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline