or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
as usual; as is one's habit
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
relatively; comparatively
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
shaking (e.g. a container); milkshake; shake
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
such; like that; that sort of; very
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)