I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to be surprised; to be astonished
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
until now; so far; up to the present
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
anonymity; using an assumed name
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)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
trial; judgement; judgment
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
journal; magazine; periodical
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
fraudulent claim of product origin
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument