number one; first; best; most; game; round
power; might; authority; influence
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); third string of a koto (counting from the player's near side)
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
moxibustion; chastisement; scolding
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary