having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
club activities; extracurricular activities
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
senior high school; high school
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
meaning; significance; sense
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable