yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
two persons; two people; pair; couple
half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
technique; art; skill; move
of course; certainly; naturally
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
river; stream; River; the ... river
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
training by two participants of the same skill level (kendo); general training involving all six types (kendo)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to be (deeply) touched by; to be struck by
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
now that; since; so long as; because
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence