may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
almost; roughly; approximately
generation; the world; the age
(watching in) real time; watching live
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
infancy; childhood; tender age
children's (TV) show; children's program
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
fast-talking; rapid talking
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
feeling; sense; impression
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
screaming (vocal technique); shouting
to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
selection of music; song selection
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK