after school (at the end of the day)
to increase; to add to; to augment
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
serious; not joking; straight
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
ridiculous; stupid; foolish; absurd; laughable
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to be conspicuous; to stand out
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
long hit; slugging; extra-base hit
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home); home visit; house call
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
strong-willed; strong of heart
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean