it's been a long time; long time no see
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
such; like that; that sort of; very
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
stairs; stairway; staircase
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
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
door; gate; opening; title page
to invite in; to show someone in
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
confections; sweets; candy; cake