if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
proposal; offer; request; application
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
weekend carpenter; do-it-yourselfer
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
as; because; with; due to
physical work; physical worker; blue-collar worker
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
naturally; of course; understandably
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
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
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
finish; end; completion; result
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
in its entirety; whole; wholly