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