figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
hello; good day; good afternoon
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to repeat; to do over again
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
living by oneself; living alone
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
insertion; letter drop; sending to a prisoner; thing sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
club activities; extracurricular activities
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
quirk of fate; curious coincidence; happy chance
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)