to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
war; fighting; fierce competition
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
since; henceforth; ever since
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
enterprise; business; company; corporation
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
chance; opportunity; occasion
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
now; the present time; just now; another; more
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)
door; gate; opening; title page
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
notice; attention; observation
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
eldest daughter; first-born daughter