than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
they; those guys; those fellows
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
to knock (someone) off their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
accurate; correct; precise; exact
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
pupil; student; schoolchild
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext