country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
existence; possession; having; limited company
suffix for familiar person
cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
out of character; unlike one
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to collect; to assemble; to gather
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
such; like that; that sort of; very
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)