to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
memory; sense; experience
secretary-general; director-general; executive director; executive secretary
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
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
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
clearing one's throat; cough
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
training; drill; practice; discipline
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
if so; in that case; in that situation
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK