to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
sleeping; feeling sleepy; beddy-bye
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
female friend; woman friend
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.