surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
spring break; spring vacation
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
for example; for instance; e.g.
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
of course; certainly; naturally
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
just because; even if; even though
beyond this point; from now on; after this