why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
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
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
rather; sooner; preferably
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
failure story; horror story
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
episode; anecdote; vignette
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
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
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
more than usual; especially; particularly
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...