I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
surely; certainly; without doubt
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
surroundings; environs; circumference
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
nothing but; except; no more than
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
damage caused by harmful rumours or misinformation (rumors); reputational damage
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
cookie; biscuit; cookie; browser cookie
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
office supplies; stationery
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)