I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
signing; autograph session
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
while; even though; despite
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
as planned; according to plan
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop