above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
family; members of a family
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
(small crunchy) dried sardines
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
service center; call center
answering machine; answer phone
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago