why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
newcomer; initiate; rookie
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
now; the present time; just now; another; more
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
one's family (home) background (environment)
company president; manager; director
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom); euagaric fungus (in grocery stores, usu. refers to cultivated field mushrooms, etc.)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that