when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
cutting the cake (at a wedding)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
bento; Japanese box lunch
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
company; corporation; workplace
unrequited love; one-sided love
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
company president; manager; director
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
it is not (like that) either
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding