that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to shake; to sway; to waver
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to carry around; to be roundabout (speech, actions, etc.); to be indirect
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
nature; property; disposition
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to concern; to be related
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to discuss; to talk together
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
moving about; stirring about
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included