person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
myself; yourself; I; me; you
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
vocational school; technical school
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
is that so?; I see; right; oh
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
rival; competitor; competition
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
(police) detective; criminal matter
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
shape; form; security; collateral; obverse of an old zeni coin
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)