searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
sorry; excuse me; thank you
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
after tax income; net income
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
coexistence; living together
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
man; male; masculine gender
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
such; this sort of; like this
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
interview (e.g. for a job)