slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
father; dad; husband; you; he
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
memories; recollections; reminiscence
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
reconciliation; make peace with
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
almost every day; almost daily
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
until now; so far; up to the present
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
near oneself; close to one; familiar
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to come into focus; to be in focus; to be on the point
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...