work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
impassioned speech; fervent speech
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
article; news story; report; account
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting)
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
senior high school; high school
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
second-year student; biennial
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like