function; facility; faculty; feature
loading (on a ship); equipping (an aircraft, car, etc.) with; being equipped with
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
convenient; handy; useful
else; in addition; besides
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
this occasion; at this time; now
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
ladder form of "high" kanji
to say; to be called; to do
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
what is colloquially called; what is commonly referred to as; what is popularly known as; so-called
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
distinctive; characteristic
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
in the end; at the end of the day
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
hawks; hardline faction; hardliners
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
forcibly; by force; against one's will
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
difficult to ...; hard to ...