check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
navigation; (car) navigation system; navigator
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
sunlight; rays of the Sun
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to pass (of time); to elapse
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
midsummer; height of summer
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
index; index number; exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation); characteristic
very; extremely; excessively
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
weather forecast; weather report
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly