assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
tension; mental strain; nervousness
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
serious; not joking; straight
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...