today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
suffix for familiar person
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to collect; to assemble; to gather
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
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
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
please (give me); please (do for me)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to stop walking; to pause
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)