place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
beforehand; in advance; previously
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
please (give me); please (do for me)
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
place where one works; construction site; working area
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
it is not (like that) either
society; the world; the times
to despair of; to see the vanity of
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
student (esp. a university student)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others