to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry ; to possess; to have; to own ; to maintain; to keep ; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive ; to take charge of; to be in charge of ; to hold (meeting, etc.); to have (opportunity, etc.) ; to have "it"; to have that special something; to be blessed with good luck
to reach; to touch; to get to; to carry (of sound) ; to be delivered; to arrive ; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to be thorough ; to be realized (of a desire); to be fulfilled; to get through (to someone); to be appreciated; to make an impression
to read ; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant ; to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine ; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji) ; to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time) ; to count; to estimate ; to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now ; tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat ; well ...; I think ...; it would seem ...; you might say ...; Hmmm, I guess so ... ; oh!; oh dear!; oh, my!; wow!; goodness gracious!; good heavens!
to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to clutch; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on ; to obtain; to acquire; to get; to win; to capture ; to understand; to grasp; to comprehend
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze ; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk ; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice) ; to extort; to exploit ; to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke ; to drill into; to train ; to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down ; to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring) ; to stop down (lens) ; to turn down (e.g. radio)
thank you; thanks ; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite (regret) ; quite; really; mostly ; somehow ; in spite of oneself; try as one might; no matter how hard one may try (to, not to) ; greetings; hello; goodbye
to train; to teach; to educate ; to acquire (information); to learn; to cram ; to stock; to stock up on ; to prepare (esp. ingredients for brewing) ; to insert; to build into; to fit
to work; to labor; to labour ; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play ; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice ; to be conjugated
to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack ; to be injured ; to wear out; to be worn out ; to break; to burst; to collapse ; to wear off; to stop working; to go dead ; to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due ; to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of ; to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected ; to cut well; to be sharp ; to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able
fool; idiot ; dotage; senility; dementia ; touched in the head (from); out of it (from); feeling sluggish (from); not yet up to par (after) ; funny man (of a comedy duo)
normally; ordinarily; usually; generally; commonly ; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; sufficiently; actually; genuinely; truly ; without any issues; without any difficulty; (surprisingly) well; just fine; naturally
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail ; to call for; to summon; to invite ; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife) ; to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.); to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.); to approach (e.g. death)
immediately; at once; right away; directly ; soon; before long; shortly ; easily; readily; without difficulty ; right (near); nearby; just (handy) ; honest; upright; frank; straightforward
a little; a bit; slightly ; just a minute; for a moment; briefly ; somewhat; rather; fairly; pretty; quite ; (not) easily; (not) readily ; hey!; come on; excuse me ; thanks, but no; not feasible; not possible