outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
wages; pay; rental payment
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
by means of; due to; because of; according to
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
means of transportation; transport service
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
number one; first; best; most; game; round
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
low dining table; tea table
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
instant; moment; for an instant
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
surely; certainly; without doubt