country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
everybody's friend; people pleaser; person who is affable to everybody; flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
all present; all concerned; all of us
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
present; gift; to give a present or gift