how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
programme; program; plans; arrangements
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.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
unskilled; awkward; bad; clumsy; poor
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
to feel; to sense; to experience
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
(some) more; even more; longer; further
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need