what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
had better ...; had better not ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to overdo; to do too much
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
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 ...
(some) more; even more; longer; further