as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
in that manner; like that
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
society; the world; the times
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa