to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
wish; desire; ambition; choice
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
3rd day of the month; three days
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
eating; bite (in fishing)
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
pork bones; broth made from pork and pork bones
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
club activities; extracurricular activities
tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr