now that you say that; now that you mention it
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
while; during; while; although; all; both
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
honorific/polite/humble prefix
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to heat; to heat up; to get excited; to get worked up; to get fired up
sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling
delicious-looking; tasty-looking; hot; sexy; desirable
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
name; given name; first name
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
while; even though; despite
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
personal (employee); employed; retained
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...