hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
question; inquiry; enquiry
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
group; bunch; crowd; group
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
you (plural); all of you; you all
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
adds force or indicates command
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
society; public; community; social studies
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
provisional; temporary; tentative
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
very; extremely; excessively
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to