illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
name; given name; first name
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
bento; Japanese box lunch
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
under the wing (esp. of an aircraft); under one's wing; under one's control
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
now; the present time; just now; another; more
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
adds force or indicates command
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
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...
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
please (give me); please (do for me)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all