with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
reason; cause; circumstances
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action