nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
sincere; honest; faithful
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season; renovation; facelift; redesign
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
that is to say; so that means
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
that's the way it is; such is life
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
bento; Japanese box lunch
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
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)