small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
while; during; while; although; all; both
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
living thing; living creature; animal; life
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
to continue to do; to persist in doing
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
menial; meanness; servility; abject
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
now; the present time; just now; another; more
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with