near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
long time; long interval; for quite some time
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
(political) power; authority; influence
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
large hospital; major hospital
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to refuse; to decline; to deny
heigh-ho; heave-ho; hold on!; just a minute; la-la
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
single word; a few words; brief comment
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
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)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
two persons; two people; pair; couple
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...