perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
bento; Japanese box lunch
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to arrange not to contradict each other
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
now; the present time; just now; another; more
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to fall ill; to be taken ill
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
had better ...; had better not ...
such; this sort of; like this
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet