interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
adds force or indicates command
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
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
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
waste of time; killing time
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); room for a very low class prostitute; very low class prostitute
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
paying cash-in-hand; paying under the table
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
compilation; editing; recording
ago; since; before; previous
telephone call; telephone (device)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think