... years old; age (of) ...
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
why; how; for what reason
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
now; the present time; just now; another; more
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; workers' compensation insurance
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
to drop; to lose; to let fall
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
of course; certainly; naturally
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
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.)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...