today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; draw; tie
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks; chopsticks (hand game)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
to carry around; to carry on one's person
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
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
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition