sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to make a lasting impression
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
manly; masculine; like a man
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
feeling; sense; impression
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. in boxing, baseball)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)