necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
suffix for familiar person
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
how long; how far; how much
how many people; a number of people
to collect; to assemble; to gather
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
graduation ceremony; commencement
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
this occasion; at this time; now
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
Shiina Mashiro (1984.3.1-)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
presence (impressive quality)
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
society; the world; the times
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not