alone; by oneself; on one's own
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
by myself; in person; by oneself
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
environment; circumstance
(some) more; even more; longer; further
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
this and that; one thing or another
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
fluttering (cloth, paper, etc.); waving; small fluttering object
existence; possession; having; limited company
all; entire; whole; altogether
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
reality; actuality; hard fact
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
living room (Western style); sitting room
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling