lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
older sister; elder sister
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
very rich person; the super rich
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
great success; big hit; (hitting the) jackpot; big win; being right on the mark (of a prediction); being bang on
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
then; well; so; well then
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when