irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
than; from; out of; except; but; more
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
boy; son; baby boy; young man
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
surname; family name; last name
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
it's no big deal; it's nothing to fret about; it's not like it's the end of the world
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
the other day; lately; recently