to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
discipline; training; teaching manners
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to say; to tell; to state; to do
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
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
how; in what way; how about
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few