good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
of course; certainly; naturally
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
planning; project; plan; design
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
now; the present time; just now; another; more
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
men and women of all ages
to gather; to collect; to assemble
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
beginning; outset; first; onset
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected