high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent
confections; sweets; candy; cake
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
future (usually near); prospects
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
for example; for instance; e.g.
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
as a child; when one was a child