I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
being startled; getting a shock
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
by the end of this month; before the month is out; in the course of this month
planning; plan; project; arrangements
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
debut work; one's first work
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
while; even though; despite
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to be stripped of all one's clothes; to lose everything one has
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct