when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
Japan's best; number one in Japan
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
expiration of a term; becoming overdue
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to go bar-hopping; to go on a pub crawl
snack; light meal; snack bar (usu. an establishment that serves alcohol); snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
woman; female; feminine gender
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to comfort; to console; to amuse
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point