poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
family; members of a family
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
opening and shutting; opening and closing
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
service industry; service sector
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)