considerably; greatly; a lot
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)
euphoric; happy; buoyant; bouncy
a pair (of shoes or socks)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
of course; certainly; naturally
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to mix; to stir; to blend
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
drastic treatment; rough-and-ready treatment; drastic remedy; drastic measures; drastic steps
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)