always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
until now; so far; up to the present
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
such; like that; that sort of; very
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
family; members of a family
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
location (e.g. of film shoot); remote (shoot at a remote location)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl