aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to telephone; to make a phone call
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to bury; to embed; to implant
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
now; the present time; just now; another; more
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
myself; yourself; I; me; you
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?