et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to become clear; to be made public
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
choice; selection; option
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
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.)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
feeling; sense; impression
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane