speaking voice; talking voice
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
woman; female; feminine gender
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
two times; twice; two degrees
no!; no no!; no, not at all
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
in the same way as; just like
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
number one; first; best; most; game; round
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
for example; for instance; e.g.
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
in this way; thus; such; uh...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to feel; to sense; to experience
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
scene; sight; scenario; setting
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")