natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
(one acting as a) foster parent
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to have a talk; to tell a story
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
should; must; -able; probably; likely
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
such ... as; or some such
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to collect; to assemble; to gather
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's