sorry; excuse me; thank you
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to face; to go towards; to head towards
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
emergency deployment (police, etc.); emergency posting
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
please (give me); please (do for me)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
suffix for familiar person
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
interview (e.g. for a job)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
police officer; policeman; constable
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
now; soon; already; yet; further; more