meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
first thing in the morning
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
story; tale; talk; discussion
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
not caring; not giving a damn
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
all present; all concerned; all of us
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
planning; project; plan; design
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
beginning; outset; first; onset
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour