here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
act of mercy; helping another person
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence
to be helpful; to be useful
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
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
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
bento; Japanese box lunch
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
how many years; how long; what year
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
family; members of a family
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
in comparison to; rather than
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being