apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
line; queue; procession; matrix
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
box lunches for delivery; catering meal
bento; Japanese box lunch
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
eccentric; crank; oddball
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned