light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to approach; to draw near
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you (plural); all of you; you all
danger; peril; hazard; risk
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)