movie; film; motion picture
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
leisure; leisure time; spare time
like a part of the family
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
nothing but; except; no more than
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
now; the present time; just now; another; more
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
what kind of; what sort of; what
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
soon; shortly; before long
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
the New Year begins; the New Year starts; to end (e.g. apprenticeship, service)