spell; curse; dharani; mantra
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
last night; yesterday evening
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to become the subject of rumours or conversations
(not) even once; (not) ever
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
honorific/polite/humble prefix
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
performance of one's official duties
prime minister; premier; chancellor
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
had better ...; had better not ...
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
science and technology; scientific technique
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
political maneuvering; politicking; political machinations
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...