I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
the front; honest; upright; decent
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
(act of) writing on a blackboard
literary history; history of literature
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
unification of the written and spoken forms of a language
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
influence; effect; impact
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
magazine; journal; periodical
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
morning star; Venus; preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...