appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah; loofa; something useless
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
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
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
large amount of money; great cost
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
two persons; two people; pair; couple
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate