safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
for two people; (work) of two; (meals) for two
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
beginning; outset; first; onset
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
bento; Japanese box lunch
alone; by oneself; on one's own
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
all; entire; whole; altogether
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
please (give me); please (do for me)
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
family restaurant (i.e. a restaurant with varied and inexpensive menu options); casual dining restaurant