my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
name; given name; first name
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
honorific/polite/humble prefix
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
hegemony; leadership; initiative
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
otherwise; or else; if not
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...