and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
romantic; spicy; coquettish
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to join together; to combine; to join up
trio; gang of three; threesome
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
of course; certainly; naturally
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
accurate; correct; precise; exact
imagination; supposition; guess
please (give me); please (do for me)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
school building; schoolhouse
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
unrequited love; one-sided love
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
together; at the same time; same; identical
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)