poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
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
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
cooperation; collaboration
go that far; to that extent
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)