place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
general; popular; common; typical
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune
indeed; really; truly; very much
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
unconditionally; as a rule
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
such ... as; or some such
don't you think?; indicates question
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
time; season; period; phase; stage
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
with these words; while saying
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly