excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
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
battlefield; battleground
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
beginning; outset; first; onset
violently disagreeing; strongly opposing; setting one's heart against
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case