to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
difficult to ...; hard to ...
such; like that; that sort of; very
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
third day of the month; three days
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging