-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
how; in what way; how about
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
... years old; age (of) ...
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
IQ; intelligence quotient
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
treating someone like a child
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
both (people); the two of them
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble