small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
had better ...; had better not ...
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
rather; better; instead; if anything
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
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
to apologize; to apologise
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
please (give me); please (do for me)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate