very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
lottery (event); raffle; draw
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots); balloting
box; container; box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance