telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
boy; son; baby boy; young man
so; like this; in this way
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
name; given name; first name