ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
place of refuge; refugee destination
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
official announcement; proclamation
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to rise; to erect; to get up
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
siesta; nap; catnap; stopping at an inn
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop