present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
perfect; complete; flawless
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to set (sun); to become dark
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
New Year's Eve; December 31
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?