to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
while; during; while; although; all; both
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
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 think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
company president; manager; director
meteor; shooting star; falling star
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
incident; affair; happening; event
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to apologize; to apologise
without; unless; have to do
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
decision; determination; resolution
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
if so; in that case; in that situation
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, 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