nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
another time; some other time
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
place for boarding vehicles; bus stop; bus terminal; railway platform; taxi stand; jetty
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon