beginning; outset; first; onset
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
door; gate; opening; title page
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; (arch.) first; (arch.) foremost; (arch.) doing as one pleases; (arch.) acting selfishly
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to be helpful; to be useful
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
danger; peril; hazard; risk
bet; wager; stake; gamble
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
in that way; thus; so; so?
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent