cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to throw into; to toss into
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
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...
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
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.)
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
feeling; sense; impression
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
instead; but (on the other hand)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
family; relatives; dependents; household
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)