it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
student number (for seating, etc. in class)
in order; in turn; one by one
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
senior high school; high school
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
honorific/polite/humble prefix
library (usu. single-room); small library
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to