slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
hello; good day; good afternoon
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
memory; ability to remember
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
guarantor; surety; person responsible for another's behavior
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
by myself; in person; by oneself
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
the other day; a few days ago
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
local news section; the city desk
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
graduate of the same school; fellow alumnus; (former) schoolmate
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
since then; from that time; ever since
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
maid; helper; help; assistance
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
the same generation; coeval
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to