wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
mole; whistle-blower; informant; adulterer; adulteress
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
existence; being; presence
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
congratulations on entering a school; gift to someone entering a school
Iwanami Kokugo Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Iwanami Shoten)
beginning; outset; first; onset
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure