to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
in comparison to; rather than
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
only; merely; but; no more than
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
to put one's heart into; to devote oneself to
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
how; in what way; how about
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be conspicuous; to stand out
marking; grading; scoring
how long; how far; how much