single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
going alone; self-reliance
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
those (near the second person)
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
carriage; movement (of the body)
normalcy; normality; normal
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
pieces; scraps; disconnected
to talk; to chat; to chatter
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase