town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
connection; link; relationship
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
just failed (by a small margin); not quite acceptable; just a bit too late
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
time; hour; period; class
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
how long; how much; to what extent
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
in that way; thus; so; so?
to feel; to sense; to experience
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
parting; separation; farewell
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
complete stranger; total stranger
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
these guys; these fellows
that is to say; so that means
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
not understanding; not knowing
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
second (unit of time); arc second