favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
than; from; out of; except; but; more
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
one's first campaign; one's first battle
paying (or paying out) double; (after number N) paying N times as much