small; fine; detailed; stingy
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
many; much; plenty; hardly
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
same; similar; (just) like; equal
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to throw into; to toss into
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
in that way; thus; so; so?
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
friendly match (game); friendly
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)
to invite in; to show someone in
festival merrymaking; revelry
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
business trip; official trip
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
account book; register; ledger
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she