today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
what day?; what day of the week?
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
commuting to school; school commute
general idea; concept; notion
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
home page; web page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (in snowboarding, skateboarding, etc.); hit point
MP; magic point; military police (US, etc.); MP; member of parliament (UK, etc.); MP
such ... as; or some such
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
else; in addition; besides
to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
to some extent; to a certain extent
school route; street used by students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
while; during; while; although; all; both
little by little; bit by bit
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
nothing but; except; no more than
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little