as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
expectation; anticipation; forecast
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
primary school; elementary school; grade school
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
light pink; pale pink; cherry blossom pink
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
ticket machine; ticket-vending machine
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
platform; home; home base; home plate
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to ride past; to miss one's stop (train, bus, etc.)