with the exception of; excepting; excluding
maintenance; preservation; improvement
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
loveable; very likeable; like very much
variation; variant pattern
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to recall; to remember; to recollect
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
reception (e.g. wedding); banquet; celebration; party
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
discovery; detection; finding
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to chase; to run after; to pursue
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
incident; affair; happening; event
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
to chase; to run after; to pursue
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?