excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
because of; owing to; due to
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
such; this sort of; like this
at a loss for words; stumped for words
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
Nihi (the two former provinces of Hizen and Higo)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
understood; I see; OK; present; here
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to subsist; to keep on living
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already