after all; because; but; even; too; as well
drama; theatre; theater; play
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
such; this sort of; like this
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
some people; a few people; several people
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
all you want; as much as one wants
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)