gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
in that way; thus; so; so?
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
document; official papers
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
nonchalantly; without a care
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
amount of money; sum of money
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
again; once more; a second time
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
all; entire; whole; altogether