time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
by means of; due to; because of; according to
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
name; given name; first name
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
such; this sort of; like this