link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
instability; insecurity; crankiness
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
outsider; someone outside of a group
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to accept; to receive; to agree
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
individual; private person; personal; private
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to somebody's name (more polite than "-san")
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
last night; yesterday evening
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to shake one's head (in denial)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
appreciation; thanks; gratitude