perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
winds and clouds; nature; the elements; situation; state of affairs
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
woman; female; feminine gender
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
new building; new construction
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
but; however; even though; even if
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
from here; from this place
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!