I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
company; corporation; workplace
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to live; to make a living; to get on with
honorific/polite/humble prefix
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
how; in what way; how about
neighbourhood; neighborhood
bento; Japanese box lunch
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
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
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
go that far; to that extent
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
sorry; excuse me; thank you
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch