good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
upper half of the body; upper body
physical strength; muscle strength
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
video (esp. a televised image); videotape; VHS tape; videocassette recorder; VCR; video (short film)
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
number one; first; best; most; game; round
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
then; and (then); in that case; if so
suffix for familiar person
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance