news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
cooperation; collaboration
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)