salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
every evening; night after night
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject