originally; by nature; from the start
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
way; method; means; resource; course
understood; I see; OK; present; here
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
greeting; a fine thing to say
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
should; must; -able; probably; likely
father; dad; husband; you; he
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
again; once more; a second time
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start