the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
yen (currency of Japan); circle
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
Meguro City (special ward of Tokyo); Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to send (a person or thing) to; to deliver; to escort
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward