important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
rise and fall (of nations); destiny
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
(present) head of a family
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
great man; hero; master mind
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt