figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to indicate; to show; to point to
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
woman; female; feminine gender
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
a few years ago; some years back
falling out (with); quarrel; discord; estrangement; being on bad terms
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair
if it is (the case that ...)
such; this sort of; like this
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
imagination; supposition; guess
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work