there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
confections; sweets; candy; cake
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
number one; first; best; most; game; round
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
perfect; complete; flawless
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
company president; manager; director
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so