popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
of course; certainly; naturally
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
junior high school student; middle school pupil
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love