terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
no!; no no!; no, not at all
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to apologize; to apologise
to examine someone's expression
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
understood; I see; OK; present; here
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
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
pork-cutlet sandwich; tonkatsu sandwich