speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to lie down; to throw oneself down
pet cat; beloved cat; ailurophilia; fondness for cats
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
lifting (a child) high up in the air
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
even though; despite; when
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
such; this sort of; like this
by myself; in person; by oneself
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
nothing to be afraid of; trivial; not amounting to much; can't do anything
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
the Sheep (eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Ram; hour of the Sheep (around 2pm, 1-3pm, or 2-4pm); south-southwest; sixth month of the lunar calendar
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint