thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
in that way; thus; so; so?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
summer vacation; summer holiday
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to have a talk; to tell a story
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
on the sea; surface of the sea
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to apologize; to apologise
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
in this way; thus; such; uh...
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately