terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to breathe out; to exhale
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
singing voice; (sound of) singing
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on