determination; resolution
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
incident; affair; happening; event
father; dad; husband; you; he
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
although I say; although one might say; although called
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to chase; to run after; to pursue
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to chase; to run after; to pursue
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)