fit; spasm; attack; seizure
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
store; reserve; stock; savings
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
serious; not joking; straight
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
three; three years of age
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
joint together; opposite; facing
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
now; the present time; just now; another; more
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
estimate (of costs); budget
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
honorific/polite/humble prefix
time; hour; period; class