character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
long bath; staying in the bath for a long time
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
together; at the same time; same; identical
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)