today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
sharing; share (on social media); market share
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
sorry; excuse me; thank you
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
near oneself; close to one; familiar
what do you want?; can I help you?
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
I see; that's right; indeed
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
God; god; ace; king; superior person
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
society; the world; the times
nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle