even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
stimulating; exciting; provocative
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
minority group (party); minority
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
funeral parlor (parlour); funeral home; undertaker's; undertaker; mortician; funeral director
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
name; given name; first name
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
how; in what way; by what means
on duty; at work; while working
to summon; to get used to call
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
application; request; petition
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
consequence; causal relationship; nexus
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted