obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
even though; despite; when
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
illegitimate child; secret love child
simply; merely; only; solely
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
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...
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil
suffix for familiar person
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to be too numerous; to be too much
creation; generation; formation; derivation