(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
until now; so far; up to the present
two persons; two people; pair; couple
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
installation; mounting; furnishing; run (on a bank); bank run
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish