pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
considerably; fairly; quite
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to project; to stick out; to stand out
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
standing; reserve; always having ready
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to carry around; to carry on one's person
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign