tool; implement; means; furniture
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
I see; that's right; indeed
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to shut one's mouth; to hold one's tongue; to keep silent
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
strength; power; proficiency; ability
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
how; in what way; how about
soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
artifact spirit; in folk belief, long-lived objects (household objects, living beings, nature, etc.) become inhabited by a spirit
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)