explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to say; to tell; to state; to do
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
police; police officer; police station
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
please (give me); please (do for me)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
support group; fan club; (election) committee
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...