seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
serious; not joking; straight
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
degree of familiarity; popularity
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
head of the student council; president of the student council
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
these guys; these fellows
attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to somebody's name (more polite than "-san")
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
educational institution; school; academy; campus
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
genuine article; real thing; real deal
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
because of; owing to; due to