reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
professor; teaching; instruction
danger; peril; hazard; risk
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
economic world; financial circles; business community
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
alien (from another planet)
the same generation; coeval
polite; respectful; reverent
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
name; given name; first name
guardian; mentor; protector
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
such; like that; that sort of
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
strict order; peremptory command
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to order; to command; to appoint