reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
to be found; to be discovered
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
had better ...; had better not ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yen (currency of Japan); circle
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...