to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
lately; recently; nowadays
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
in one's own way or style
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
of course; certainly; naturally
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age