love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
way; method; means; resource; course
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
writing (e.g. as a profession)
screening (a movie); showing; to screen a movie
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
to head home; to leave for home
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
omen (usu. good); (auspicious) sign; first two anniversaries of a person's death
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
to spend time (on doing something)
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
time; hour; period; class
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to jump upon (a moving object)
feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
running as fast as one can
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still