pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
thorough; exhaustive; complete
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
name; given name; first name
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
such; like that; that sort of
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
I see; that's right; indeed
to cheat (in a romantic relationship); to play it both ways; to sit on the fence; to two-time
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
will not do; do not; does not
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date