that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
myself; yourself; I; me; you
truancy; school non-attendance
junior high school student; middle school pupil
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to speak; to hear a voice
father; dad; husband; you; he
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
than; from; out of; except; but; more
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)