the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
honorific/polite/humble prefix
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
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
than; from; out of; except; but; more
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
polish; improvement; burnishing
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
until now; so far; up to the present
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
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
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
women's college; women's university
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)