I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
serious; severe; grave; acute
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to change (one's clothes)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
to put on (clothing); (lit.) to put (one's arms) through the sleeves
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
cheap article; poor-quality article
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
prickling; stinging; tingling
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to put up (a notice); to post
name; given name; first name
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
Liang dynasty (of China; 502-557)
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
these days; nowadays; recently; lately