sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
speech; expression; wording; language
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
general; popular; common; typical
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to feel oneself indebted to
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
after school (at the end of the day)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
competing; competition; auction