serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
student union; student center; students' hall
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
many; numerous; various; large number of
woman; female; feminine gender
magazine; journal; periodical
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
name; given name; first name
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
trivial; not amounting to much
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
beginning; outset; first; onset
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful