futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to run through; to run past
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to be conspicuous; to stand out
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to feel; to sense; to experience
while; even though; despite
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
I see; that's right; indeed
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking