happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
(your) choice; preference; wish
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; shachi; mythical carp with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, considered auspicious protectors of well-being; roof ornament in the shape of a shachi (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
king; monarch; ruler; champion
in that manner; like that
meaning; significance; sense
around the world; throughout the world
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)