thing;  object;  one's things;  possessions;  things;  something;  quality
 that's the way it is;  yes;  is that so?;  is it?
 may;  might;  perhaps;  may be;  possibly
 to do;  to carry out;  to cause to become;  to make (into);  to serve as;  to act as;  to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
 approximately;  about;  to (about) the extent that;  (almost) enough that;  as ... as ...;  like
 so;  therefore;  accordingly;  like I said;  I told you already
 monotony;  monotone;  dullness;  monotone;  monotonic
 irritating;  annoying;  tedious (work, person, etc.);  boring;  depressing;  dark (e.g. story)
 honorific/polite/humble prefix
 thought;  imagination;  mind;  desire;  wish;  love
 direction;  way;  side (of an argument, etc.);  one's part;  type;  category;  field (of study, etc.)
 to come;  to go;  to be (somewhere);  to be (doing)
 thing;  matter;  incident;  occurrence;  circumstances;  situation;  work
 will;  probably;  may;  I think;  surely;  I hope
 but;  however;  (and) yet;  nevertheless;  still;  for all that
 wonderful;  marvelous;  strange;  strangely enough;  oddly enough;  for some reason
 being in charge (of an area of responsibility);  being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
 to go;  to move (in a direction or towards a specific location);  to proceed;  to take place;  to pass through;  to come and go;  to walk
 inside;  within;  while (e.g. one is young);  during;  among;  amongst;  in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
 to feel depressed;  to be down
 far from;  anything but;  not at all;  let alone;  to say nothing of;  not to mention
 language;  dialect;  word;  phrase;  speech;  (manner of) speaking
 interesting;  fascinating;  amusing;  funny;  enjoyable;  fun
 to wake up;  to awake;  to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.);  to become aware of;  to come to one's senses
 living thing;  living creature;  animal;  life
 to be called ...;  to be referred to as ...
 period;  epoch;  the times;  those days;  oldness;  ancientness
 together with;  as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
 pronunciation;  reading (e.g. of a kanji);  way of reading (out loud);  interpretation (e.g. of a text);  reading
 meaning;  significance;  sense
 unexpected;  contrary to expectations;  by chance;  casual
 form;  shape;  figure;  visage
 change;  variation;  variety;  diversity;  inflection;  declension
 in that way;  thus;  so;  so?
 observation;  survey;  watching
 where;  what place;  how much (long, far);  what extent
 indicates a question;  or;  whether or not;  some- (e.g. something, someone);  hmm;  huh;  very
 to ask;  to inquire;  to blame (someone) for;  to accuse of;  to care about;  to regard as important
 to be troubled;  to have difficulty;  to be bothered;  to be inconvenienced;  to be badly off;  to be hard up
 to continue;  to keep up;  to keep on
 to cut off;  to excise;  to tear off;  to cut out;  to whittle down;  to tear out
 how;  in what way;  how about
 exactly;  surely;  right then;  just then;  just (about to);  on the verge (of doing or happening)
 opportunity to show one's abilities;  time to show one's stuff;  one's province