relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
consequence; outcome; result; blame
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut
wrong; different; not like that
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
suffix for familiar person
nice; good; well-executed
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
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
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
these guys; these fellows
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle
tackle (e.g. rugby); fishing tackle
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
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
only; merely; but; no more than
myself; yourself; I; me; you