here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
until now; so far; up to the present
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
impossible to do (although wants to)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears
even though; despite; when
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
stone placed on railway track (by children); decorative garden stone; handicap stone (in go)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count