being good at cooking; good cook
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
observation; survey; watching
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
bento; Japanese box lunch
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
calamity; disaster; accident
pupil; student; schoolchild
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
how; in what way; how about; questionable
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
yogurt; yoghurt; yoghourt
to summon courage; to be brave
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range