sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah; loofa; something useless
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
transfer; assignment; conveyance
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
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
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
no!; no no!; no, not at all
how long; how much; to what extent
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
way; method; means; resource; course
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
match declared drawn due to injury
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty