speech; utterance; speech production; word used to start a sentence
hello; good day; good afternoon
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
(having) two choices; choice between two things
nothing but; except; no more than
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
public holiday; celebration (of)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
sense of relief; feeling of relief
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
speech output; voice output; audio output
to make a mistake; to mess up; to screw up; to fail
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
throat; vital passage; key position
department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
serious disease; intractable disease; difficult-to-recover-from illness
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to correct oneself; to restate
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
legless chair (used in a room with tatami flooring)
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)