in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
difficult to ...; hard to ...
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
training (esp. in-service); induction course
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
name plate; name tag; label
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
greeting; a fine thing to say
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to speak; to hear a voice
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
near; close; beside; third person
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to feel; to sense; to experience
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
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