to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
how; in what way; by what means
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
now that you say that; now that you mention it
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to replace; to move; to change the position of
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
number of times; frequency; count
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
as (for); for; in the capacity of
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
International System of Units; SI
symbol; code; sign; notation
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
this (is) again; really; so; extremely
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum