wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
considerably; greatly; a lot
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
just you wait and see (as a threat)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
two persons; two people; pair; couple
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
supreme; sublime; highest
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...