national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
management; administration; operation
nature; property; disposition
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
although I say; although one might say; although called
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
rather; better; instead; if anything
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
real thing; original; actual
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
originally; by nature; from the start
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
by means of; due to; because of; according to
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty