beforehand; in advance; previously
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
please (give me); please (do for me)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
story; tale; talk; discussion
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
natural posture (esp. in judo); natural stance; natural attitude; relaxed manner; calm manner
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
sincere; earnest; serious