where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
only; merely; but; no more than
several people; a few people
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
(of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
underworld; underside of society
honorific/polite/humble prefix
national character; regional character
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
just a minute; small quantity
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to make a person sweat for it
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
considerably; greatly; a lot
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
classification; categorization; sorting