switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
shoe rack (in an entrance); cupboard (for shoes and clogs)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
answering machine; answer phone
operation; functioning; running
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
father; dad; husband; you; he
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to turn on an electric light; to switch on a light
while; during; while; although; all; both
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
fax; facsimile; fax machine
(telephone) extension; additional telephone handset; portable handset; cordless telephone
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
function; facility; faculty; feature
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)