life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
called; known as; that; to say
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
use; utilization; utilisation; application
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
such; like that; that sort of
meaning; significance; sense
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
really; truly; indeed; good grief