year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
central government office; head office; this office
First Investigation Division (of the Japanese police); division responsible for investigating homicide, robbery, kidnapping, arson, and sexual assault
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
about; on; regarding; per; for every
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
air of seniority; patronizing attitude of a senior toward a junior
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
unsparing; without stinting; painstakingly; tirelessly
to be worn down; to wear away; to wear out; to dwindle; to be reduced
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing