to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon ; to think (of doing); to plan (to do) ; to judge; to assess; to regard ; to imagine; to suppose; to dream ; to expect; to look forward to ; to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want ; to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love ; to recall; to remember
in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio ; after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?") ; beginning; start
certainly; of course; to be sure; surely ; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although ; without even; without so much as ; at the (least, earliest, etc.) ; also (called); also as ; well
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to establish; to run; to maintain ; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal) ; to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to stand ready; to be poised for ; to put on an air; to assume an attitude ; to stiffen; to tense up; to become formal ; to fabricate in order to deceive; to make up; to feign ; to plan; to scheme
to finish; to end; to be completed ; to merely result in something less severe than expected ; to feel at ease ; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
opposite side; other side ; over there; ahead; beyond; (in the) distance; far away; far off ; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad) ; the other party; the other side ; from now; next (e.g. two weeks); coming ...; from ... onwards
head ; hair (on one's head) ; mind; brains; intellect ; leader; chief; boss; captain ; top; tip ; beginning; start ; head; person ; down payment; deposit ; top structural component of a kanji ; pair
to place (in position); to fix; to set (e.g. table); to lay (foundation) ; to install; to seat (someone) ; to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze) ; to apply (moxa)
it is ... that ...; precisely; in particular; definitely; for sure; only (when, after, because, etc.) ; although; while; it is the case that ... but ; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ... ; not at all; not in the slightest; absolutely not; never
to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain ; to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be) ; to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of ; to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished ; to change (into); to turn (into); to transform ; to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do) ; to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make ; to play (the part of); to act as ; to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as ; to be promoted
to descend; to go down; to come down ; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.) ; to pass (of time) ; to surrender; to capitulate ; to be less than; to be inferior to ; to have the runs; to have diarrhea ; to pass (in stool); to be discharged from the body ; to depreciate oneself; to be humble
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...
to burn ; to roast; to broil; to grill; to bake; to toast; to barbecue ; to heat; to heat up ; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake; to fire; to burn ; to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn ; to print (a photo); to burn (an optical disc) ; to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
to use up; to exhaust; to run out of ; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to serve; to work (for a cause) ; to do to exhaustion; to do completely; to do fully
point; tip; end; nozzle ; head (of a line); front ; first; before; ahead (of) ; (the way) ahead; beyond ; future ; previous; prior; former; recent; last ; destination; address; place where you do something ; rest (e.g. of a story); continuation; remaining part ; the other party
inside; within ; while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of ; among; amongst; (out) of; between ; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.); amidst; with (e.g. success) ; within oneself; one's feelings; inner thoughts ; we; our company; our organization ; one's home; one's family ; my spouse; my husband; my wife ; signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife ; I; me
direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction) ; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part ; type; category ; field (of study, etc.) ; indicates one side of a comparison ; way; method; manner; means ; length (of each side of a square)
come (on); come now; come along; here ; all right; right; okay; now; here goes ; well; hmm; uh; let's see; I'm not sure ; here; now; there (we go); ah; oh ; about that, ...; actually, ...
to eat ; to live; to make a living; to survive ; to bite; to sting (as insects do) ; to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of ; to encroach on; to eat into; to consume ; to defeat a superior; to threaten a position ; to consume time; to consume resources ; to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event) ; to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.) ; to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up ; to face; to be opposite (someone) ; to compare; to check with ; to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate) ; to place together; to connect; to overlap ; to mix; to combine ; to put blade to blade; to fight