to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
had better ...; had better not ...
how; in what way; how about
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
good feeling; feeling good
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
perfect; complete; flawless
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every