concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
repair work; renovation work; restoration work
programme; program; plans; arrangements
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
how; in what way; how about
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
preferential treatment; privilege; favor; benefit; incentive
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
of course; certainly; naturally
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
integrity; consistency; conformity; compliance
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
hit-and-run (causing personal injury)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
shopping; purchased goods
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!