to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
home area; home town; local
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
serious; severe; grave; acute
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
considerably; fairly; quite
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
even if ...; even supposing that ...
to be valuable as scrap; to be able to do other work; to have marketable skills
now; the present time; just now; another; more
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
professor; teaching; instruction
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)