endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
one-by-one; separately; in detail
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
that is to say; so that means