interesting; fascinating; intriguing; amusing; funny; comical
to have a talk; to tell a story
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
clear; precise; definite; distinct
please (give me); please (do for me)
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
pregnancy; conception; gestation
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
literally; to the letter; literal
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
inside one's heart; in one's mind
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
the other day; a few days ago
shopping; purchased goods
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
pop; signage; display; billboard (as used to decorate arcade games)
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
as (for); for; in the capacity of
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
until now; so far; up to the present
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means