opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
just one person; only one
had better ...; had better not ...
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
separate; scattered; apart
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
work; business; company; study
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
people; men and women; each person; everybody
in comparison to; rather than
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
I see; that's right; indeed