every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
individual; private person; personal; private
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
free speech; freedom of speech
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
unmarried; not yet married
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
alone; unaided; away from home
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that