how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
tool; implement; means; furniture
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
myself; yourself; I; me; you
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
one day; (on) a certain day
within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
street; quarter; district; area
at; in; at; when; by; with
polish; grinding; sharpening
demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition