to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
stairs; stairway; staircase
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
program (e.g. TV); programme
artificial intelligence; AI
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
in comparison to; rather than
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
with a friendly grin; smilingly
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with