-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
in that way; thus; so; so?
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
senior high school; high school
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage