for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
(some) more; even more; longer; further
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to stop walking; to pause
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate