close; intimate; on good terms
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
your husband; her husband
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
in one's own way or style
to have meaning; to be meaningful
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to feel; to sense; to experience
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already