today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
day (as in holiday); daytime
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
rare; uncommon; unusual; rare; lightly cooked
honorific/polite/humble prefix
sorry; excuse me; thank you
it is I who should say so
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
then; well; so; well then
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
two persons; two people; pair; couple
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
after that; afterwards; thereafter