seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
difficult to ...; hard to ...
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
head of fisherman's group or union
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
feeling; sense; impression
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
circular notice (esp. distributed to households within a neighbourhood association)
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to degenerate; to lapse into
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
in that way; thus; so; so?
temporary absence from school
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to