natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to be conspicuous; to stand out
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
popular song program on radio or television
enka singer; singer of Japanese traditional ballads
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
by (from) choice; by (for) preference; of one's own accord; of one's (own) free will; on purpose; deliberately
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
from now; from this moment; henceforth
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to face; to go towards; to head towards
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
section manager; section chief
that's the way it is; such is life
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
programme; program; plans; arrangements
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
being on stage when the curtain opens; wooden floor; wooden-floored room; thinly-sliced food grilled on a cedar board
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to call in; to invite; to bring in