and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
such; like that; that sort of
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
research; study; investigation
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
literature; books (reference); document
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
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
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life