person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
myself; yourself; I; me; you
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
vocational school; technical school
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
(police) detective; criminal matter
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality