to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
chair; stool; post; office; position
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
no, not like that (but like this)
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
I see; that's right; indeed
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
public telephone (orig. red); payphone
dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to do something without any particular intention or mind to do so
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
spring water; clear (pure) water
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
Porsche; Porsche; Porche; Porché