inscrutable; incomprehensible
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes
to say no more; to sink into silence
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
meaning; significance; sense
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
again; once more; a second time
to take a breath; to take a short rest
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
memory; sense; experience
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly