happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
green car (Japan Railway's 1st class)
scene; spectacle; sight; view
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
number of times; frequency; count
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
green (colour); green (energy, car, etc.); environmentally friendly; greenland; green space; green (on a golf course)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
sense of smell; olfaction
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
harm; injury; evil (influence)
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
triple handicap (esp. blindness, deafness and mutism)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building