to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
genuine article; real thing; real deal
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
all present; all concerned; all of us
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
literature; books (reference); document
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
charm; incantation; spell; curse
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
calamity; disaster; misfortune
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)