please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
courteous; decorous; polite
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
anyone can make a mistake; Homer sometimes nods; (lit.) even Kōbō Daishi's handwriting contains mistakes
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
results; record; grades; marks
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
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)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
(turned out) all right in the end
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying