as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
(some) more; even more; longer; further
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
devil; evil spirit; genie
hand; handball (soccer foul)
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to be helpful; to be useful
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
notice; attention; observation
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon