I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
honorific/polite/humble prefix
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
please (give me); please (do for me)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
company president; manager; director
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
myself; yourself; I; me; you
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour