to be helpful; to be useful
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to be conspicuous; to stand out
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
study; diligence; discount; reduction
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
until now; so far; up to the present
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to cut corners; to be shoddy
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
please (give me); please (do for me)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to pick up; to find; to gather
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
Perry; Peli; Pelly; Perri
arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)