I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
repentance; confession; penitence
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
by myself; in person; by oneself
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
number one; first; best; most; game; round
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
electricity; (electric) light
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
long ago; already; a long time ago
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
store; shop; establishment; restaurant