good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
go that far; to that extent
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
please; somehow or other; one way or another
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
please (give me); please (do for me)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
steel made from iron sand or black sand (used in sword blades)
accurate; correct; precise; exact
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
workshop; studio; atelier