air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
schoolgirl; female student
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
(some) more; even more; longer; further
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
feeling; sense; impression
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
rest; break; recess; intermission
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
reopening; resumption; restarting
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
book; volume; this; present; main; head
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
just because; even if; even though