of no interest; not interested
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
together; at the same time; same; identical
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
so; like this; in this way
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
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
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
thousand years; many years
last week; the week before
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
I see; that's right; indeed
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite