vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to be embarrassed; to lose face
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
consequence; outcome; result; blame
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
at work; in the midst of work; working
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
only; merely; but; no more than
second day of the month; two days
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
all; entire; whole; altogether
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
pregnancy; conception; gestation
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
morning sickness; hyperemesis gravidarum
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
around 40 (years of age, esp. women)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like