thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to feel depressed; to be down
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
meaning; significance; sense
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
form; shape; figure; visage
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
in that way; thus; so; so?
observation; survey; watching
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
how; in what way; how about
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province