soft tennis (variant of tennis played with a soft rubber ball)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to become desperate; to give in to despair
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
match; game; bout; contest
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
(young) girl; maiden; young lady
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
leaving work (office, school) early; quick lookup (in a dictionary, index, etc.)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
I see; that's right; indeed
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance