usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
match; game; bout; contest
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
town; city; municipal; urban
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
elementary; basic; rudimentary
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)