difficult to ...; hard to ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
story; tale; talk; discussion
until now; so far; up to the present
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to grow up; to become an adult
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to be found; to be discovered
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into