hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
blood relationship; blood relative
that is to say; so that means
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; kissaten; traditional type of coffee shop with a retro atmosphere
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
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
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
welcome; (warm) reception
one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance
things one is carrying; things one has on one's person; thing one owns; one's property; mistress; lover
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
box; container; box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...