seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
adds force or indicates command
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
supply; provision; raising; procurement
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
bento; Japanese box lunch
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
name; given name; first name
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
pistol; handgun; revolver
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
direct connection; direct link
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while