the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
strange; odd; unusual; eccentric; peculiar
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to have a talk; to tell a story
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
feeling; sense; impression
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
expectation; anticipation; forecast
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
hum; meditation; painstaking elaboration on one's poem; groaning in distress
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
occasionally; now and then; from time to time
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to be; to exist; (arch.) to come; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to be (somewhere)
simple; easy; uncomplicated
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
time; hour; season; suitable time; opportunity; chance
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
dark (color); concentrated; thick
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend