recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
please (give me); please (do for me)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
second (unit of time); arc second
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
greeting; a fine thing to say
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
very popular; highly favoured
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
such; this sort of; like this
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful