to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
after that; afterwards; thereafter
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
bento; Japanese box lunch
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
alone; by oneself; on one's own
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
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
hot spring; mineral spring; salon offering beauty treatments, weight reduction, relaxation, etc.; spaghetti
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
don't you think?; indicates question
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to accept; to receive; to agree