may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
primary school; elementary school; grade school
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
suffix for familiar person
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
feeling of a house or a room
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
I see; that's right; indeed
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
door; gate; opening; title page
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces