other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
time; hour; period; class
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
it's been a long time; long time no see
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number