to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
honorific/polite/humble prefix
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to detain; to check; to restrain
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
story; tale; talk; discussion
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
honor; honour; credit; prestige
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
how long; how far; how much
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged