indicate reason; infers some protest
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
and; thereupon; because of that
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
how; in what way; how about
relatively; comparatively
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
cutting in line; queue jumping
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
again; once more; a second time
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)