excuse me;  pardon me;  I'm sorry;  thank you
 to request;  to beg;  to call;  to order;  to entrust to;  to rely on
 to finish;  to stop;  to close (a business, etc.);  to close down;  to put away;  to put back
 granny;  grandma;  gran;  old lady;  old woman
 endorsing and questioning the preceding statement;  lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
 yes;  yeah;  hum;  hmmm;  oof
 a little;  a bit;  just a minute;  for a moment;  somewhat;  rather;  (not) easily
 right?;  isn't it?;  hey;  say;  you know;  you see;  will you?
 somehow;  how;  in what way;  why;  what kind of
 very;  greatly;  immense;  enormous;  serious;  grave
 adds force or indicates command
 hey there;  I say;  see here
 how;  in what way;  why;  for what reason;  cannot possibly;  no way
 thing;  matter;  incident;  occurrence;  circumstances;  situation;  work
 to call out (to);  to call;  to summon (a doctor, etc.);  to invite;  to designate;  to name;  to garner (support, etc.)
 to come (spatially or temporally);  to approach;  to come back;  to do ... and come back;  to come to be;  to become
 to give;  to let (one) have;  to give;  to do for one;  to take the trouble to do;  to do to someone's disadvantage
 yes;  that is correct;  understood;  I see;  present;  here;  pardon?
 expert;  learned person;  doctor;  PhD;  instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period);  pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
 year;  counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school);  period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
 blue;  azure;  green;  pale;  gray;  unripe
 star (usu. not including the Sun);  planet (usu. not including Earth);  star (glyph, symbol, shape);  star (actor, player, etc.);  small dot;  spot;  star point (in go)
 Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo);  Yedo
 if;  when;  and;  with;  used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.);  promoted pawn;  indicates a question
 (as alike as) two peas in a pod
 to be;  to exist;  to have;  to be located;  to be equipped with;  to happen
 steam;  vapour;  vapor;  steamboat;  steam locomotive
 strength;  power;  proficiency;  ability
 and;  besides;  because;  since;  the thing is;  for one thing
 to become;  to get;  to result in;  to turn out;  to consist of;  to be composed of;  to be completed
 story;  tale;  narrative;  account;  fable;  legend
 this;  last (couple of years, etc.);  these;  you (as in "you liar")
 in front (of);  before (e.g. a building);  before;  earlier;  (the) front;  frontal part;  forward
 same;  identical;  equal;  anyway;  anyhow;  in either case
 symptoms;  condition (of a patient)
 to be wide-awake;  to be wakeful;  to be unable to sleep