stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
time; season; period; phase; stage
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
Tereza; Thereza; Teresa; Theresa
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
meaning; significance; sense
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
name; given name; first name
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing