teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
police; police officer; police station
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
pupil; student; schoolchild
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
offender; criminal; culprit
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
clearing one's throat; cough
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who