appointment; rendezvous; date
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
shopping; purchased goods
beginning; outset; first; onset
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
because of; owing to; due to
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to be silent; to say nothing
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
competitive entrance examinations for prestigious kindergartens and elementary schools
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
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
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to support each other; to support one another
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to be worried; to be troubled
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
just because; even if; even though
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
how long; how much; to what extent
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to like; to love; to be fond of
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery