useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
good (place to leave off); convenient
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
separate volume; fascicle; fascicule
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
about this time; about now
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
end; finish; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); trump card
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least