to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
too much; excessively; too
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
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
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to accept; to receive; to agree
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
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)
to pass (of time); to elapse
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
all; entire; whole; altogether
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
bento; Japanese box lunch
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)