goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
rather; better; instead; if anything
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
serious; severe; grave; acute
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
near oneself; close to one; familiar
is something that; is that which
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
quiet; still; surreptitious
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
go that far; to that extent
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here