to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
now; the present time; just now; another; more
should; must; -able; probably; likely
final game; final games; the finals
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
impossible; unlikely; improbable
Japan's best; number one in Japan
public road; highway; righteousness; justice; right path
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
second day of the month; two days
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
third day of the month; three days
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
please (give me); please (do for me)