yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
nothing but; except; no more than
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
eastern mountains; mountains to the east; Tōsandō (area between the Tōkaidō and Hokurikudō); Higashiyama (Kyoto district)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
about; on; regarding; per; for every
please (give me); please (do for me)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
childcare leave (taken after the compulsory childcare leave); maternity leave; paternity leave
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
nursery school; day care center; day nursery
seeing someone off and later welcoming them back; taking someone to and fro
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
appointed date of delivery; delivery time; due date for payment; period for payment; deadline (for payment or delivery)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding