custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
factory worker; craftsman; artisan
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to say; to be called; to do
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front
to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder; to delude; to mislead; to fascinate
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
first meeting; first interview with
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
anything and everything; just about everything
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
certainly; surely; definitely
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to be hesitant; to feel timid
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled