hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock
shuttlecock (in hanetsuki)
to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
while; during; while; although; all; both
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
symbol; code; sign; notation
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to ask; to enquire; to query
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
until now; so far; up to the present
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
(weather-related) line of discontinuity
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that's the way it is; such is life
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
no!; no no!; no, not at all
no, not like that (but like this)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)