today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to be opposite; to face each other
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
right in the middle (of); midst; height
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
strategy meeting; council of war
record of proceedings; minutes
I see; that's right; indeed
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey