carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
tone (of voice); manner of talking
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
many; a lot; much; multitude
tradition; legend; folklore
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
degree of familiarity; popularity
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
name; given name; first name
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")