expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
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)
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to be silent; to say nothing
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
instability; insecurity; crankiness
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
please (give me); please (do for me)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me