until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
nothing but; except; no more than
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
then; well; so; well then
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; to relax; to take it easy; to chill
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
story; tale; talk; discussion
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
evening meal; dinner; supper
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!