matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
hairlines (on an engraving)
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed