thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
danger; peril; hazard; risk
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to repeat; to do something over again
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
honorific/polite/humble prefix
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room