lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
100,000; hundred thousand
book; volume; this; present; main; head
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
that's the way it is; such is life
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
cool biz; cool business; business casual (Japanese Ministry of the Environment (MOE) campaign encouraging people to wear lighter clothes and for companies to set their air conditioners to 28C, etc.)
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
feeling; sense; impression
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
really; truly; indeed; good grief
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound