to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
tool; implement; means; furniture
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
two persons; two people; pair; couple
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
myself; yourself; I; me; you
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to entrust; to leave to a person
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to control; to command; to get the better of
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
duty; function; office; mission; task
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
name; given name; first name
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that