beginning; outset; first; onset
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
cooperation; collaboration
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
for example; for instance; e.g.
imagination; supposition; guess
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
in comparison to; rather than
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound