sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
meaning; significance; sense
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
should; must; -able; probably; likely
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
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
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
it's not like; it isn't as if
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated