in comparison to; rather than
surname; family name; last name
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
ago; since; before; previous
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
a long time ago; in those days
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
dogs and cats; pets; something trivial; worthless thing
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
innumerable; countless; numberless
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
that is to say; so that means
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
considerably; fairly; quite
bulky; massive; thick; heavy