to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
originally; by nature; from the start
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
war; fighting; fierce competition
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
for example; for instance; e.g.
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel