to keep (a person) waiting
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
voting; ballot; poll; vote
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
counting ballots; tally (of votes)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
ballot paper; voting paper
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
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
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
fixed; obvious; commonplace
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to stand on a podium; to teach; to be a teacher
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
beginning; outset; first; onset
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
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)
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)