to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
right side; right-hand side
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
the other day; lately; recently
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex); compensated dating
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
living thing; living creature; animal; life
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
even if; even though; however; no matter how
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
student at the same middle school; graduate of the same middle school
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
slut; floozie; ho; bitch; witch; overbearing woman
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex); compensated dating
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk