simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
living thing; living creature; animal; life
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to be worried; to be troubled
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
within the jurisdiction of
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
fun goods; joke products; novelty items
my husband; one's family; family member
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
even if; even though; however; no matter how
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
memories; recollections; reminiscence
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
neighbourhood; neighborhood
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
small toy sold with food; premium
to have a talk; to tell a story
practicality; utility; usefulness
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward