brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
university student; college student
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
nothing but; except; no more than
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
time; season; period; phase; stage
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
creator; inventor; creative; content creator; developer
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
(some) more; even more; longer; further
mature-aged man still living with his parents
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?