slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
being left out; being excluded; being ostracized
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
last night; yesterday evening
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
removing a name; expelling (e.g. from school); decommissioning
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
maid; helper; help; assistance
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
too much; excessively; too
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
at least; at most; (even) just
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
alternating; taking turns
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it