incident; affair; happening; event
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
person of letters; literary person
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to be responsive; to show immediate results
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
meaning; significance; sense
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
top of the head; crown of the head
such; this sort of; like this
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary