seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
not understanding; not knowing
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
cooperation; collaboration
use; utilization; utilisation; application
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
after that; afterwards; thereafter